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The invalidation of Tamil Nadu’s order enabling persons converting to Islam from Backward Classes and Scheduled Castes to obtain Backward Class Muslim certificates highlights that while conversion cannot automatically transfer a person into a different notified community, continuing social disadvantage calls for an evidence-based inquiry
AICC President Mallikarjun Kharge said he would apprise Prime Minister Narendra Modi of his concerns over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, the proposed delimitation exercise and the implementation of women’s reservation during their interaction on Wednesday (October 21).
The controversy in the case of Secretary to Government versus Sameer Ahamed N. began with a man, born to Hindu parents in 1993 at Thoothukudi district in Tamil Nadu, voluntarily converting to Islam in September 2015
“Social backwardness does not arise in a day or a generation. It is the result of a social system built over thousands of years. Conversion to another religion does not erase it,” he said in a statement
The court held that a Tamil Nadu government order doing the same creates an “artificial group” which would access benefits of reservation associated with backward communities
Congress leaders question hurried introduction of law by the previous BJP government before the Assembly elections in 2023
Accepting population as the basis for reservation would be ‘destructive of the principle of equality’, the court says
Court says 50% ceiling on total reservation is binding constitutional principle
Five Mayor posts are reserved for women (general) and backward Classess each, followed by four for unreserved, two for Scheduled Castes and one for Scheduled Tribes
Headed by Rajeev Ranjan Mishra, the Commission submitted its report on provision of reservation for the BCs local body-wise, in due compliance with the triple test mandate laid down by the Supreme Court and other constitutional provisions
The top court says data from a unified family survey were insufficient to justify the enhanced reservation in the absence of a specific empirical assessment of backwardness and representation in local bodies
Blaming the YSRCP for creating hurdles in the implementation of reservation, the Chief Minister asserts that the TDP will stand by the BCs
Party State president says clear picture on the quota for BCs was likely to emerge in the next two to three days; expresses hope that the outcome will be positive
Following High Court striking down 34% BC quota, leaders of the opposition parties accuse State govt. of not trying for a Constitutional amendment in spite of being aware of legal hurdles in crossing 50% overall ceiling