Supreme Court junks review plea against verdict on loss of Scheduled Caste status upon religious conversion
Only Hindus, Buddhists, Sikhs can claim Scheduled Caste status: Supreme Court"Application seeking oral hearing of the review petition is rejected. We have gone through the review petition and perused the judgment dated March 24, 2026, which has been sought to be reviewed. This bar under Clause 3 of the Constitution [Scheduled Castes] Order, 1950 is categorical and absolute.
- ▪Only Hindus, Buddhists, Sikhs can claim Scheduled Caste status: Supreme Court"Application seeking oral hearing of the review petition is rejected.
- ▪We have gone through the review petition and perused the judgment dated March 24, 2026, which has been sought to be reviewed.
- ▪This bar under Clause 3 of the Constitution [Scheduled Castes] Order, 1950 is categorical and absolute.
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The Supreme Court has dismissed a plea seeking a review of the apex court judgement, which held that a person from a Scheduled Caste community converting to a religion other than Hinduism, Sikhism or Buddhism loses the Scheduled Castestatus from the moment of conversion.A Bench of Justices Prashant Kumar Mishra and Manmohan dismissed the petition against the March 24 verdict, saying there is no error apparent on the record. Only Hindus, Buddhists, Sikhs can claim Scheduled Caste status: Supreme Court"Application seeking oral hearing of the review petition is rejected. We have gone through the review petition and perused the judgment dated March 24, 2026, which has been sought to be reviewed. There is no error apparent on the record.
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