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"In this context, the Supreme Court’s judgement has added to the fears among Dalit Christians," The Wire charged.

"Though a person may change religion, his or her caste remains the same despite conversion to another religion," Allahabad HC.

On Monday, the Supreme Court bench comprising CJI Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Baghchi refused to entertain a plea challenging a Madras High Court order which directed the issuance of an SC caste certificate to the Puducherry girl based on her mother’s caste to ensure that her academic career does not suffer without it

The Union Minister's remarks came days after the Supreme Court ruled that states have the power to sub-classify Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs). The top court had also observed that states can evolve a policy for identifying the creamy layer, even from the SCs and STs to exclude them from the benefit of affirmative action.

The proposed legislation for private sector reservations would have a chilling effect on meritocracy, ease of doing business, and investment opportunities.

Siddaramaiah tweeted that a final decision on Kannadiga job quota bill will be taken after a comprehensive discussion in the next cabinet meeting.

By conservative estimates, INDI alliance is going to sit in the opposition, yet again. But their leaders are making fanciful claims as a part of

Opposing the religion-based reservations, PM Modi said that the Opposition (INDIA bloc) can perform "mujra" (dance) before their vote bank if they want, but he will not let them snatch away the reservation benefits of the SC/ST/OBC communities guaranteed by the Constitution of India.

Bombay High Court bench of Justice AS Chandurkar and Justice Jitendra Jain observed that the petitioner has completed her MBBS course and said that it would be improper to withdraw her qualification at this stage

Responding to Lalu Prasad Yadav's comments affirming Muslim quota in reservations, PM Modi took a swipe at opposition's minority appeasement politics.