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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Centre alludes to ‘foreign origins’ in its affidavit on Dalit Christians, Dalit Muslims -Abhinay Lakshman

Centre alludes to ‘foreign origins’ in its affidavit on Dalit Christians, Dalit Muslims -Abhinay Lakshman

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published Published on Nov 9, 2022   modified Modified on Nov 9, 2022

-The Hindu

It justifies the ‘intelligible differentia’ between Scheduled Castes practising Hinduism, Sikhism, and Buddhism and those practising other religions

The affidavit filed by the Union government before the Supreme Court Bench hearing the case for the inclusion of Dalit Christians and Dalit Muslims on the list of Scheduled Castes contradicts itself at several junctures, leading to a lack of clarity on its arguments defending the current criteria for determining which communities can be classified as Scheduled Castes.

Among the arguments the government has put forward justifying the exclusion of Dalit Christians and Dalit Muslims from the list is one that alludes to the seemingly “foreign” origins of Islam and Christianity as opposed to Hinduism, Sikhism and Buddhism without directly saying so.

The government said in its affidavit, “It is submitted that the present is a case of classification between Indian citizens and foreigners which cannot be doubted on any count. It is well established that Article 14 forbids class legislation but does not forbid classification,” though the present case does not involve any foreign citizens as parties.

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The Hindu, 9 November, 2022, https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/centre-alludes-to-foreign-origins-in-its-affidavit-on-dalit-christians-dalit-muslims/article66111532.ece?homepage=true


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