Supreme Court upholds Madras HC verdict quashing Tamil Nadu govt order granting reservation to new converts to Islam: Read about the judgment and the background of the case

What happened: The Supreme Court upheld a Madras High Court judgment that quashed a Tamil Nadu government order granting backward class Muslim certificates to converts from SCs, backward classes, most backward classes and denotified communities. Key numbers: The order was dated March 3, 2024. Why it matters: The court held that pre-conversion caste or community status cannot be transposed after conversion, and that the order created an artificial route to reservation benefits. The High Court had called the order unconstitutional. Coverage: 3 outlets in 24h

The Supreme Court upheld a Madras High Court judgment that quashed a Tamil Nadu government order granting backward class Muslim certificates to converts from SCs, backward classes, most backward classes and denotified communities.

The court held that pre-conversion caste or community status cannot be transposed after conversion, and that the order created an artificial route to reservation benefits. The High Court had called the order unconstitutional.