The case below is interesting and is also politically motivated. Although, the court says that the child is entitled to the fathers caste; it should not immediately follow that the court is insistent-- that the childs future, be determined by accepting the ruling prima facie.
The courts way of approaching the case is also a way of saying that caste does play a role in ones life. This leads to all kinds of further questions. venantius >See > >http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1004599.cms > >SC: Illegitimate child takes on father's caste > >TIMES NEWS NETWORK[ SATURDAY, JANUARY 29, 2005 02:46:13 AM ] > >NEW DELHI: Supreme Court has ruled that a child born out of wedlock is >entitled >to his or her father's lineage. > >By holding this in a petition involving the caste status of a legislator >elected >from a reserved constituency in Andhra Pradesh, a Bench of Chief Justice R C >Lahoti, Justices G P Mathur and P K Balasubramanyan upheld an Andhra Pradesh >High Court judgment which had set aside the election of TDP candidate Sobha >Hymvathi Devi. > >She had contested the 1999 assembly election from the Sringavarapukota >constituency reserved for Scheduled Tribes on the ground that her mother >belonged to the Bagatha community, a notified ST community. Gangadhara Swamy, >who lost to Sobha, had challenged her election on the ground that she did not >belong to the Bagatha community. >----- >QUESTION >The children of Hindu parents, (one is Brahmin and the other is Sudra), what >caste these children inherit? ... and why? > >Just curious, > >Cip Fernandes >UK 664 West 163 Street, #57 New York, NY 10032-4527 USA PH/Fax: +1 212.928.3955
