The Other Backward Classes (OBC) quota imbroglio in Maharashtra is a mess of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government’s own making; it was being too clever by half.
Muslims don t mention their caste, asking pre-constitutional documents improper, rules Bombay HC
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Mumbai: Observing that the Muslim community has no practice of mentioning their caste, the Bombay High Court recently granted relief to a 42-year-old woman, and declared her as belonging to the Momin caste under the Other Backward Classes (OBC) category.
A bench of Justices Shahrukh Kathawalla and Vinay Joshi was moved by Aasiya Gavandi, a resident of Kolhapur. She challenged the orders of the district caste scrutiny committee that rejected her claim of belonging to the Momin caste on the ground that she failed to produce any documents prior to 1967.