Tamil Nadu’s 2024 Government Order extending Backward Class Muslim Status to converts from Hindu communities stays struck down: the Supreme Court has held that backwardness from before conversion cannot found such a claim, and dismissed the State’s appeal against the Madras High Court. New Delhi: The Supreme Court on October 15 dismissed the Tamil Nadu […]
The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court struck down a Tamil Nadu Government Order granting Backward Class (Muslim) reservation benefits to certain Hindu converts to Islam, declaring it unconstitutional. The Court held, “A convert to Islam cannot claim the status of Backward Class Muslim. He is only a Muslim and that’s all there is to it.”
