The Supreme Court took the opportunity to widen the ambit to examine the legal consequences of a person’s conversion from Hinduism to Islam. File
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The story so far: The Supreme Court, in an October 15 judgment, declared that a Hindu who had converted to a “non-Hindu order” cannot claim the benefits of reservation.
A Bench of Justices Prashant Kumar Mishra and Shree Chandrashekhar held that a person who converts from a Hindu social order to a non-Hindu social order cannot claim affirmative action under Article 16(4) of the Constitution merely on the basis of the social backwardness associated with his pre-conversion status.
Published – October 17, 2026 11:48 am IST