The Madras High Court has changed a part of its March 6 judgement delivered on a petition seeking removal of Tamil Nadu Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin for his comments on the Sanatana Dharma.
The order passed by the single-judge Bench of Justice Anita Sumanth on Wednesday, contained some controversial comments. It said, “However, the origins of the caste system as we know it today are less than a century old.”
An updated version of this verdict was later uploaded on the High Court’s website after March 6, omitting the above line and replacing it with a new text, which said, “However, the categorization of castes as we know them today, is a far more recent and modern phenomenon”.
The earlier version further said that Tamil Nadu had 370 registered castes, while commenting on “pills and pressures” between different caste groups.
The latest version of the verdict said that Tamil Nadu has 184 registered castes.