Recently, the Union government formed a three-member Commission of Inquiry headed by former Chief Justice of India, Justice K.G. Professor Thorat, considering that besides caste discrimination, converts might also face other forms of discrimination because of internal hierarchies within the new religion, what kinds of discrimination should the Justice K.G. Yes, the ‘untouchables’ who converted to Buddhism and the ‘untouchables’ …
The story so far: The Supreme Court of India has sought the most recent position of the Union government on a batch of petitions challenging the Constitution Order of 1950, which allows only members of Hindu, Sikh and Buddhist religions to be recognised as SCs. On the other hand, the Union government in 2019 rejected the possibility of including Dalit …
