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And Ado for Talaq Arose Again - Asiana Times

A plea filed by Dr. Syeda Ambreen of Karnataka’s Kalaburgi argued that practices of Talaq-e-Kinaya and Talaq-e-Bain are irrational, arbitrary, tyrannical, and are in contradiction with fundamental rights namely Articles 14, 15, 21, and 25, thus contending that these should be turned unconstitutional.

Inclusion of Muslims and Dalits into SC

The Union government has appointed Justice K.G. Balakrishnan, the former Chief Justice of India, headed a three-person Commission of Inquiry to determine whether Dalits who have converted to religions other than Sikhism and Buddhism should be granted SC status. Two years have been set as the deadline for the Commission’s report. Let’s trace the history of how Scheduled Caste eventually came to include Dalit Muslims and Christians.