Supreme Court allows a Puducherry minor to receive an SC certificate based on her mother’s Adi Dravida caste, keeping the larger legal question on caste inheritance open.

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The Supreme Court has allowed an SC certificate for a minor based on her mother's caste, even though her father is non-SC.

The CJI said, "With changing times, why should a caste certificate be not issued based on the mother's caste?" ...