Learn about the supreme court ruling declaring conversions for reservation benefits unconstitutional. Central to this debate is paragraph 3 of the constitution (scheduled castes) order, 1950, which restricts scheduled caste (sc) recognition to individuals professing hinduism—later extended to include sikhs (1956) and buddhists (1990). This is indeed not an infrequent phenomenon in south india where, in some of the castes, even after conversion to christianity, a person is regarded as continuing to belong to the caste.
A conclave, jointly organised by the rss ' media wing and other outfits, has concluded that reservation benefits should not be extended to dalits converted to islam, christianity or any other religion, vishva hindu parishad working president alok kumar said on monday. In this article, we explore the dynamics around caste, religious conversions, and reservation. The plea is pending before.
In january 2020, the supreme court of india agreed to examine a plea by the national council of dalit christians, a private organisation, to make reservations religion neutral so that dalit christians and muslims too can benefit. For rejecting the report, the centre has argued that “dalits who converted to christianity or islam to overcome the burdens of caste cannot claim reservation benefits enjoyed by those who chose to stay back in the hindu religious system”. Christian parents had baptised her at a time when she was still a minor and knew nothing about the religion. On 11 february 2020, in response to a rajya sabha question, the union.
Dalit converts to christianity and islam say they face caste discrimination but are still out of the scheduled castes (sc) list, thus depriving them of reservation benefits. The status of dalits who convert to christianity or islam has long posed a constitutional conundrum in india. We look at what happens when someone from the schedule caste category converts to a religion other than hindu, sikhism & buddhism with respect to their caste status and reservation policy. This piece examines the inherent bias in india's reservation policy, which excludes dalit converts to christianity and islam from scheduled caste benefits.