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Supreme Court: conversion to Islam alone does not qualify a person for BC reservation
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Conversion alone earns no BC quota: the Article 16(4) test every reservation answer must apply
The Supreme Court has held that conversion to Islam, by itself, does not entitle a person to the benefit of reservation as a backward class.
Why it matters: general awareness
What you need to know
2 ನಿಮಿಷ
The Supreme Court has held that conversion to Islam, by itself, does not entitle a person to the benefit of reservation as a backward class.
Reservation in public employment rests on Article 16(4), which covers backward classes not adequately represented in State services.
ಮೂಲಗಳು: Topper IAS editorial (PIB / The Hindu / Indian Express)
ಮುಖ್ಯ ಅಂಶಗಳು
Remember these
- Supreme Court: conversion to Islam, by itself, does not entitle a person to reservation as a backward class
- Article 16(4) lets the State reserve posts for backward classes not adequately represented in State services
- Article 16(6), inserted by the 103rd Amendment (2019), provides reservation in appointments for economically weaker sections
- Indra Sawhney v. Union of India (1992) upheld OBC reservation, set the 50% ceiling and excluded the creamy layer
- Backward class status turns on social and educational backwardness and inadequate representation, not on religion alone
ಪ್ರಿಲಿಮ್ಸ್ · ಮೇನ್ಸ್
How the exam will ask it
ಪ್ರಿಲಿಮ್ಸ್
- Article 16(4) enables reservation in appointments for any backward class of citizens not adequately represented in State services.
- Article 16(6), inserted by the 103rd Constitutional Amendment, enables reservation in appointments for economically weaker sections.
- Change of religion does not, by itself, confer entitlement to reservation as a backward class.
- Indra Sawhney (1992) held that reservation under Article 16(4) is subject to a 50% ceiling and the exclusion of the creamy layer.
ಮೇನ್ಸ್
GS-II (Polity): reservation is a question of backwardness and inadequate State representation, not of religious identity alone. Article 16(4) and the Indra Sawhney tests of social and educational backwardness govern who qualifies, so a change of faith is not an automatic ticket in or out. The way forward is transparent, evidence-based identification of backward classes by commissions, with periodic review.
Quick recall
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ಈ ಹೇಳಿಕೆಗಳನ್ನು ಗಮನಿಸಿ:
- ರಾಜ್ಯ ಸೇವೆಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಸಾಕಷ್ಟು ಪ್ರಾತಿನಿಧ್ಯ ಇಲ್ಲದ ಯಾವುದೇ ಹಿಂದುಳಿದ ವರ್ಗದ ನಾಗರಿಕರ ಪರವಾಗಿ ನೇಮಕಾತಿಗಳನ್ನು ಮೀಸಲಿಡಲು 16(4)ನೇ ವಿಧಿ ರಾಜ್ಯಕ್ಕೆ ಅವಕಾಶ ನೀಡುತ್ತದೆ.
- 103ನೇ ಸಾಂವಿಧಾನಿಕ ತಿದ್ದುಪಡಿಯಿಂದ ಸೇರಿಸಲಾದ 16(6)ನೇ ವಿಧಿ ಆರ್ಥಿಕವಾಗಿ ದುರ್ಬಲ ವರ್ಗದ ನಾಗರಿಕರಿಗೆ ನೇಮಕಾತಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಮೀಸಲಾತಿಗೆ ಅವಕಾಶ ನೀಡುತ್ತದೆ. ಮೇಲಿನ ಹೇಳಿಕೆಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಯಾವುದು/ಯಾವವು ಸರಿಯಾಗಿವೆ?
- 1 ಮಾತ್ರ
- 2 ಮಾತ್ರ
- 1 ಮತ್ತು 2 ಎರಡೂ
- 1 ಅಥವಾ 2 ಯಾವುದೂ ಅಲ್ಲ
ಉತ್ತರ ನೋಡಿ
ಉತ್ತರ: C — ಸರಿಯಾದ ಉತ್ತರ: 1 ಮತ್ತು 2 ಎರಡೂ. ಎರಡೂ ಸರಿ. 16(4) ರಾಜ್ಯ ಸೇವೆಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಸಾಕಷ್ಟು ಪ್ರಾತಿನಿಧ್ಯ ಇಲ್ಲದ ಹಿಂದುಳಿದ ವರ್ಗಗಳಿಗೆ ಅನ್ವಯಿಸುತ್ತದೆ; 103ನೇ ತಿದ್ದುಪಡಿಯಿಂದ ಸೇರಿದ ಖಂಡ (6) ಆರ್ಥಿಕವಾಗಿ ದುರ್ಬಲ ವರ್ಗಗಳಿಗೆ ಅನ್ವಯಿಸುತ್ತದೆ.
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