The Supreme Court rejected the women’s petition, upholding the decision of the Madras High Court. In fact, petitioner C. Selvarani had challenged the order of the Madras High Court dated January 24, 2023. The High Court had refused to give the Scheduled Caste (SC) certificate to Selvarani. She wanted an SC certificate for the job of Upper Division Clerk in Puducherry. She had claimed to be a Hindu for a job in Puducherry. She had filed a petition to get the benefit of reservation under Scheduled Caste in the job.
Conversion cannot be allowed to take advantage of reservation
Rejecting the petition, the Supreme Court said that “a person who regularly goes to church and follows the tradition of Christianity cannot take advantage of reservation under Scheduled Caste by calling himself a Hindu.” On this matter, the Supreme Court further said that “If someone is converting just to get the benefit of reservation, then he cannot be allowed to take advantage of it under its guise.” The Supreme Court said that “Converting religion just to get the benefit of reservation is against the basic spirit of the Constitution.”
Follows the tradition of Christianity
The Supreme Court said that “As far as this woman is concerned, she follows the tradition of Christianity, she goes to church regularly. Despite this, she wants to take advantage of the reservation given to the Scheduled Castes for the purpose of employment by calling herself a Hindu. This woman’s double claim is unacceptable. After ‘baptism‘ she cannot claim to be a Hindu. She cannot be given the benefit of reservation for Scheduled Castes. Let us tell you that the bench of Justice Pankaj Mithal and R. Mahadevan said that “This is against the basic purpose of reservation and it would be a fraud on the Constitution.”
The Supreme Court said this big thing while rejecting the petition
The bench headed by Justice Pankaj Mithal, while rejecting the petition of the woman from Puducherry, said that “India is a secular country. Under Article 25 of the Constitution, every citizen of the country has the freedom to choose any religion of his own free will and follow its traditions. Someone changes his religion when he is actually influenced by the principles and traditions of another religion. However, if a conversion is taking place only to take advantage of reservation under another religion, then it cannot be allowed. Doing so would be a violation of the social concern of the reservation policy.”
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Know what was the matter
C. Selvarani claimed that “she follows Hindu religion and belongs to the Valluvan caste, which comes under the Constitution (Puducherry) Scheduled Caste Order of 1964. Therefore, she is entitled to reservation under the Adi Dravida quota.” Selvarani argued that “since birth she follows Hindu religion and visits temples. She even worships Hindu gods and goddesses.”
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