Supreme Court allows girl SC certificate based on mother's caste.

• Supreme Court allowed issuance of an SC certificate based on a mother's 'Adi Dravida' caste for a Puducherry girl.
• The decision aimed to facilitate the girl's education, rejecting a challenge to a Madras High Court order.
• CJI Surya Kant questioned why caste certificates shouldn't be issued based on the mother's caste in changing times.
• Existing norms primarily link caste eligibility to the father's caste and residential status.
• The larger issue of a child inheriting the father's caste is still pending adjudication by the top court.

Why It Matters: SC ruling on mother's caste for SC certificate impacts identity and education.