Supreme Court on Loss of Scheduled Caste Status after Religious Conversion
The recent Supreme Court ruling has reaffirmed that conversion to religions other than Hinduism, Sikhism, or Buddhism results in the loss of Scheduled Caste (SC) status. This judgment is rooted in the Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order, 1950, particularly Clause 3, which explicitly restricts SC recognition to individuals professing these specified religions. The Court held that this exclusion is absolute, meaning that no statutory benefits—including protection under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act—can b
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