Delhi HC declines to entertain plea on inclusion of other minority communities in NCM Chairperson appointments

New Delhi, October 29, 2025 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Wednesday declined to entertain a petition seeking directions to the Centre to consider members of minority communities other than Muslims and Sikhs for appointment as the Chairperson of the National Commission for Minorities (NCM).

A bench comprising Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela observed that the National Commission for Minorities Act, 1992, provides for representation from minority communities in the Commission but does not mandate the appointment of a chairperson from any particular community.

"Be that as it may, Section 3 of the Act only provides that the Commission shall cons

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