Supreme Court rules only Hindus, Sikhs, and Buddhists can claim Scheduled Caste status, barring others post-conversion.
The bench headed by Justice PK Mishra cited the Constitution (Scheduled Caste) Order, 1950, which mandates that “no person ...
The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that no person professing a religion other than Hinduism, Sikhism or Buddhism can be regarded as a member of a Scheduled Caste. A bench of Justices Prashant Kumar ...
Supreme Court rules only Hindus, Sikhs, and Buddhists can claim Scheduled Caste status, barring others from reserved benefits ...
The Supreme Court of India has ruled that individuals converting from Hinduism, Sikhism, or Buddhism cannot retain Scheduled ...
The California State University system, America’s largest public higher education system, recently added caste, a birth-based social hierarchy system, to its anti-discrimination policy, allowing ...
Caste is an ancient system of social hierarchy based on one’s birth that is tied to concepts of purity and social status. Its history, evolution and current state are complicated. A move to outlaw ...
Two Hindu professors are suing the head of their university system to oppose the addition of caste to an anti-discrimination policy amid a broader battle over whether colleges should explicitly call ...
Supreme Court rules Dalits converting to Christianity or other non-Hindu/Sikh/Buddhist faiths lose SC status and protections.