INDIA Tamil Nadu: Hindu Marries a Christian, Loses Right to Caste Status Disadvantaged

A controversial judgment of the High Court of Madras removed an elective office reserved for groups historically marginalized to a woman who in 2005 had contracted marriage with a Christian rite while remaining Hindu. The complaint of the Jesuit lawyer Fr.Santhanam: "Grave violation of the rights enshrined in the Indian Constitution. It is paradoxical that a faculty recognized by canon law to mixed couples is inconceivable for a court of the 21s…