Former CJI K.G. Balakrishnan says the Inquiry Commission he is leading can complete its task in a year

Former Chief Justice of India K.G. Balakrishnan, who heads the Inquiry Commission into whether Dalit converts to religions other than Sikhism or Buddhism should get Scheduled Caste status, on May 7 said his panel could deliver its report in a year, and that too before the election year of 2024...

All the facilities have not been provided Office space has been provided, other things are not If work starts, it [the report] will take only a year, that is what I feel..

The former Chief Justices confidence about finishing the assigned task in a year, that is, in half the time given by the government, may be significant in a debate that rages in the Supreme Court on whether it should wait for the Justice Balakrishnan Commission report to come out before deciding a series of petitions seeking Scheduled Caste status for Dalit converts to Christianity...

Justice Amanullah had disagreed with the governments assessment that the 2007 report of the Justice Ranganath Misra Commission for Religious and Linguistic Minorities was flawed...

The 2007 report had recommended that Dalits who converted to Islam and Christianity to escape caste oppression in the Hindu religion should be permitted to avail Scheduled Caste reservation benefits in government jobs and educational institutions..

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