SC: reservation benefits can't follow conversion

The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that a Hindu belonging to a backward community cannot claim backward-class reservation benefits on conversion to Islam, upholding the Madras High Court's quashing of Tamil Nadu's March 2024 government order (The Indian Express). The bench drew the line there: backwardness "cannot be carried forward" into a notified backward class of another faith. (Indian Express)

• The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that a Hindu belonging to a backward community cannot claim backward-class reservation benefits on conversion to Islam, upholding the Madras High Court's quashing of Tamil Nadu's March
• The bench drew the line there: backwardness "cannot be carried forward" into a notified backward class of another faith.