Supreme Court: Hindu dharm se Islam mein dharmantaran se Backward Class reservation apne-aap nahi milta

Summary

Supreme Court ne 15 October 2026 ko faisla diya ki Backward Class ka koi Hindu sirf Islam ya kisi aur non-Hindu dharm mein dharmantaran karke Backward Class reservation ka daava nahi kar sakta. Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra aur Justice Shree Chandrashekhar ki bench ne Madras High Court ke faisle ke khilaf Tamil Nadu sarkar ki appeal khaarij karte hue kaha ki purani jaati ka social backwardness dharmantaran ke baad aage nahi jaata. Court ne kaha ki Article 16(4) ke benefits sirf pre-conversion status ke aadhar par nahi diye ja sakte, aur doharaya ki Hindu, Sikh ya Buddh ke alawa koi aur dharm maanne wala vyakti Scheduled Caste status kho deta hai.

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