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 Big Decision on SC Status: The apex court clarified that the constitutional provision for Scheduled Castes is ...

A bench of Justices PK Mishra and NV Anjaria further ruled that a Dalit who converts to Christianity cannot invoke provisions ...

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 ...

The court’s reasoning on conversion and Scheduled Caste status rests on a set of constitutional and statutory rules that tie ...

Conversion to any religion other than Hinduism, Sikhism, or Buddhism results in loss of Scheduled Caste status.

Christianity, by its very theological foundation, does not recognize or incorporate the institution of caste, says a division ...

A person who converts to Christianity can no longer be regarded as a member of a Scheduled Caste, according to the apex court.