 Minorities
Commission
Minor Role in Major Affairs
By Prof. Tahir Mahmood "In this book
on the Commission, Professor Tahir Mahmood has
taken a bird's eye view of the minority affairs
across the country. But, the eye is that of a
hawk, not a pacifist dove... The author has
called a spade a spade, not a shovel."
From a pre-publication review in
The Hindu (11 December 2000)
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About
the Author:
Professor Syed Tahir Mahmood has
been in the field of legal research, writing and
teaching for over 37 years. He began his career
in Aligarh and later served the research faculty
of the Indian Law Institute in Delhi. He joined
the Faculty of Law at the Delhi University in
1974 and rose to the position of its Dean, which
he occupied till the beginning of 1995. In 1996
the Government of India invited him to serve the
National Commission for Minorities as its
Chairman, in which position he also became a
member of the National Human Rights Commission.
Professor Mahmood has authored a large number of
books on various aspects of law. His works on
Hindu and Islamic laws are acclaimed at home and
abroad.
About
the Book:
The Minorities Commission,
established in 1978 under a Government
resolution, was brought under parliamentary
legislation fourteen years later as the National
Commission for Minorities. It is supposed to be
an important constituent of the human rights
enforcement mechanism of India. The author of
this book took over as the sixth Chairman of the
Commission in 1996 and held the position through
three successive governments until November 1999.
This book offers a first-hand account of the
origin, development, working, powers, functions,
shortcomings and handicaps of the Commission,
assesses its reports and contribution over twenty
three years, and critically evaluates its role in
the affairs of the nation.
Pages: viii+288
ISBN: 81-7221-018-3
Price: Rs 300 (foreign by airmail: US$15)
Publishers: Pharos Media & Publishing
Pvt Ltd., P.O. Box 9701, D-84 Abul Fazal Enclave-I,
Jamia Nagar, New Delhi 110025 INDIA
Contents:
Foreword
1. Introduction
Religious Minorities : Law and Statistics
2.
Central Minorities Commission
Origin and Formative Growth
3.
The Commission until 1993
Working under Governmental Mandate
4.
First Statutory Commission 1993
Beginning of Parliamentary Mandate
5.
Second Statutory Commission 1996
Years of Autonomy and Transparency
6.
Commission in the New Millennium
Not Much Public About It
7.
Commission Facing Successive Governments
Experiences Sweet and Sour
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