Religious Conversion Only To Avail Reservation Benefits Without Actual Belief Impermissible, Fraud On Constitution: Supreme Court
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Religious Conversion Only To Avail Reservation Benefits Without Actual Belief Impermissible, Fraud On Constitution: Supreme Court

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The Supreme Court upheld a Madras High Court decision denying a Scheduled Caste certificate to a woman born as a Christian who claimed to be Hindu while applying for an Upper Division Clerk job in Puducherry. The Court ruled that religious conversion undertaken solely to access reservation benefits, without genuine belief in the adopted religion, undermines the fundamental. The Court ruled that religious conversion undertaken solely to access reservation benefits, without genuine belief in the adopted religion, undermines the fundamental social objectives of the reservation policy. Therefore, the conferment of Scheduled caste communal status to the appellant, who is a Christian by religion, but claims to be still embracing Hinduism only for the purpose of availing reservation in employment, would go against the very object of reservation and would amount to fraud on the Constitution.

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Reservation can't be on basis of religion: Supreme Court on West Bengal OBC case
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Reservation can't be on basis of religion: Supreme Court on West Bengal OBC case

India Today  

The Supreme Court on Monday said that reservations cannot be granted on the basis of religion. The remark was made during a hearing on the West Bengal government's plea challenging the Calcutta High Court's decision to cancel the inclusion of 77 communities in the Other Backward Classes list in the state. A bench led by Justice BR Gavai made the …

Religious Conversion Only For Reservation Fraud On Constitution: Supreme Court
1 month, 1 week ago

Religious Conversion Only For Reservation Fraud On Constitution: Supreme Court

ABP News  

The Supreme Court in a recent order denied a Scheduled Caste certificate to a woman who was born as a Christian but claimed to be Hindu in her application for a government job in Puducherry. Therefore, the conferment of Scheduled caste communal status to the appellant, who is a Christian by religion, but claims to be still embracing Hinduism only …

Conversion for benefits is fraud on Constitution: SC
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Conversion for benefits is fraud on Constitution: SC

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that religious conversions motivated solely by the prospect of availing certain benefits, such as reservations in employment, are impermissible, calling such actions a “fraud on the Constitution”. The judgment came as the bench upheld a ruling by the Madras high court denying a Scheduled Caste community certificate to a woman who was born a …

'Social Stigma May Continue Even After Conversion' : Supreme Court Judge Says While Hearing Plea To Extend Reservation To Converted Dalits
1 year, 8 months ago

'Social Stigma May Continue Even After Conversion' : Supreme Court Judge Says While Hearing Plea To Extend Reservation To Converted Dalits

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday heard a bunch of petitions which seek the extension of reservation benefits available to the Scheduled Caste community to Dalits who have converted to Christianity and Islam. Social stigma at ground level When Additional Solicitor General KM Nataraj, appearing for the Union Government, submitted that the Ranganath Misra Commission had not gone into all the …

J. Ranganath Misra Commission report to allow Dalit Christians avail SC quota benefits written “within four corners of a room”, Centre to apex court
2 years, 1 month ago

J. Ranganath Misra Commission report to allow Dalit Christians avail SC quota benefits written “within four corners of a room”, Centre to apex court

The Hindu  

The Centre in the Supreme Court on December 7 declared that the 2007 report of the Justice Ranganath Misra Commission for Religious and Linguistic Minorities, which recommended that Dalits who converted to Islam and Christianity to escape caste oppression in the Hindu religion should be permitted to avail of Scheduled Caste reservation benefits in government jobs and educational institutions, was …

Status beyond faith: The Hindu Editorial on Scheduled Caste status post conversion
2 years, 3 months ago

Status beyond faith: The Hindu Editorial on Scheduled Caste status post conversion

The Hindu  

The Centre has appointed a three-member Commission to examine the sensitive issue of extending Scheduled Caste status to all those who have historically suffered discrimination and untouchability, regardless of the religion they now profess. In 1985, the Supreme Court agreed that historical discrimination may continue even after members of the SCs convert to other religions, but did not decide in …

Scheduled Caste Status For Converted Dalits : Centre Constitutes Commission To Examine The Issue
2 years, 3 months ago

Scheduled Caste Status For Converted Dalits : Centre Constitutes Commission To Examine The Issue

Live Law  

Through a notification dated 6th October 2022, the Centre has appointed a Commission headed by former Chief Justice of India KG Balakrishnan to examine the matter of according Scheduled Caste status to new persons who claim to have historically belonged to the Scheduled Castes, but have converted to a religion other than those mentioned in the Presidential Orders under Article …

Ranganath Mishra Commission: When BJP said that converts to Islam or Christianity cannot get SC status benefits
2 years, 4 months ago

Ranganath Mishra Commission: When BJP said that converts to Islam or Christianity cannot get SC status benefits

Op India  

On August 30, the Supreme Court of India sought a response from the central government to a plea that the Dalits who have converted to Islam and Christianity from Hinduism should be eligible for the same quota benefits that are reserved for Scheduled Castes. It is noteworthy that then-Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad had said in Rajya Sabha last …

Religious Conversion Won't Change Person's Caste; Inter-Caste Marriage Certificate Can't Be Issued Merely On Account On Conversion : Madras High Court
3 years, 1 month ago

Religious Conversion Won't Change Person's Caste; Inter-Caste Marriage Certificate Can't Be Issued Merely On Account On Conversion : Madras High Court

Live Law  

The Madras High Court has recently held that a person is not entitled to claim an 'inter-caste marriage' certificate on the pretext of his community certificate when he originally belonged to a certain caste but received a different community certificate on account of conversion to another religion. Subramaniam observed that conversion does not alter the caste of a person and …

What the Indian Law Says on Conversion, Religious Identity of Scheduled Castes
3 years, 2 months ago

What the Indian Law Says on Conversion, Religious Identity of Scheduled Castes

News 18  

A recent judgment delivered by the Madras High Court ruled that displaying religious symbols cannot be the ground to cancel a classifying Scheduled Caste certificate. In 1985, a three-judge Bench of the Supreme Court headed by then Chief Justice of India, PN Bhagwati held that individuals practicing religions other than Hinduism or Sikhism may not claim constitutional benefits for SCs. …

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