New Delhi, June 24 -- The Supreme Court on Monday termed "important" the plea for amending rules to issue Other Backward Class (OBC) certificates to children of single mothers from the same category. A bench of Justices KV Viswanathan and N Kotiswar Singh said the matter required a detailed hearing.
"The present writ petition raises an important issue about issuance of OBC certificate to children of single mother wherein the mother belongs to the OBC," the bench said.
The counsel representing the Centre said they had filed their counter affidavit on the plea. On January 31, the Supreme court issued notice and sought responses from the Centre and the Delhi Government on the plea filed by a Delhi-based woman. "This has to be heard," the ben...