A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court by a doctor asserting his right to be officially certified as a “casteless Hindu”.
The petition wants the court to direct the government to devise a mechanism by which more like him, who choose to shed the yoke of caste hierarchy, can be issued certificates identifying them as Hindus “who have no caste”.
Deepak Dnyaneshwar Halwar, represented by advocates Sophia Bhambri and Anil Chadda, blamed the government for its “apathy” for the lack of a mechanism by which people can forgo their caste status even while “retaining their religion as Hinduism”.
