The Hindu·4 min read·hard
Denying Backward Classes benefits to converts to Islam is unconstitutional
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Haripriya Venkatakrishnan
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The Madras High Court ruled that denying Backward Class benefits to individuals who convert to Islam is unconstitutional, while also noting that converts generally lose their previous community status. The judgment highlights the complex legal intersection of religion and reservation policies in India.
Conversion and reservation. While the legal jurisprudence surrounding each of these concepts is vast and complex, their intersection creates a compounding effect that is, to say the least, muddled and unsettling.
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