Tamil Nadu moves SC against Madras HC order on backward status of converts to Islam

A 2024 government order notified that a convert to Islam from Backward Classes, Most Backward Classes, Denotified Communities or Scheduled Castes ought to be treated as BC (Muslim) for availing the benefit of reservation
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