The Supreme Court upheld that individuals converting to religions outside Hinduism, Sikhism or Buddhism lose Scheduled Caste ...
The court said a person professing a faith other than Hinduism, Sikhism, or Buddhism cannot claim the constitutional ...
The court underscored that this loss of status carries with it the termination of all statutory protections, reservations and ...
Supreme Court says only Hindus, Buddhists and Sikhs can be Scheduled Caste as it hears Chinthada Anand plea on SC ST Act ...
A member of the Scheduled Caste who converts to another faith, apart from Hinduism, Sikhism or Buddhism, loses her/his SC ...
A bench of Justices PK Mishra and NV Anjaria further ruled that a Dalit who converts to Christianity cannot invoke provisions ...
The court’s reasoning on conversion and Scheduled Caste status rests on a set of constitutional and statutory rules that tie ...
Christianity, by its very theological foundation, does not recognize or incorporate the institution of caste, says a division ...
BHUBANESWAR: At least 20 per cent of cases registered under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act in Odisha are awaiting disp ...