Opinion: ‘Fraud’ — Why SC Order On Religious Conversion To Claim Quota Benefits Is A Big Win For Constitution

Under the Indian Constitution, the endeavour is to establish a secular polity founded on social justice. Representational image.

Source : PTI

In a recent judgment, the Supreme Court of India ruled that religious conversion undertaken solely for gaining employment or availing of reservation benefits constitutes a fraud on the Constitution, and is against the principles of reservation policy. The bench, consisting of Justice Pankaj Mithal and Justice R. Mahadevan, in their judgment, upheld the decision of the Madras High Court wherein it denied the Scheduled Caste certificate to a woman who claimed to be Hindu to avail of reservation