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SC asks Centre, Delhi govt stand over plea to amend OBC certificate rules

New Delhi, The Supreme Court on Friday sought replies from the Centre and the Delhi government on a plea seeking directions to amend rules for issuing OBC certificates to children of single mothers. SC asks Centre, Delhi govt stand over plea to amend OBC certificate rules A bench of Justices B R Gavai and Augustine George Masih passed the order on a plea filed by a Delhi-based woman. "The inaction on the part of respondents to issue OBC certificates to children of single mother on the basis of the Other Backward Class certificate of their single mother are also in contravention of the rights of the children who belong to the Other Backward Class," said the plea, filed through advocate Vipin Kumar. The plea said insistence on the father's OBC certificate or the paternal side by the authorities for issuing OBC certificates to children of single mothers was totally against the rights of children brought up by her.

Hindustan Times

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