{
  "id": 14628450,
  "title": "Supreme Court says person converting from Hinduism to Islam can’t claim ‘backward’ quota",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/supreme-court-says-person-converting-from-hinduism-to-islam-cant",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-15T06:11:05.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Live Mint",
    "slug": "live-mint",
    "url": "https://www.livemint.com/news/india/supreme-court-says-person-converting-from-hinduism-to-islam-can-t-claim-backward-quota-11792044362591.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Supreme Court has ruled that a person who converts from Hinduism to Islam cannot claim \"backward\" status under affirmative action policies. The court dismissed the Tamil Nadu government's appeal against the Madras High Court's decision, which stated that a person's social backwardness cannot be transferred to a non-Hindu social order after conversion. According to the court, a converted Muslim cannot claim reservation under the Backward Class (Muslim) category solely based on their conversion. The Supreme Court emphasized that a person's caste status cannot be transposed to a different community upon conversion.",
  "summary": "The Supreme Court reportedly pronounced that: “A person who converts from the Hindu social order to a non-Hindu social order cannot claim affirmative action under Article 16(4) of the Constitution merely on the basis of social backwardness associated with their pre-conversion status.”",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}