The Supreme Court has held that religious conversion undertaken solely to access reservation benefits without genuine belief in the adopted religion undermines ...

A bench of Justices Pankaj Mithal and R Mahadevan upheld a Madras high court decision denying a Scheduled Caste (SC) certificate to a woman who was born a Christian but claimed to be Hindu while ...

In a landmark judgement, the Supreme Court of India ruled that religious conversions carried out solely to claim reservation benefits, without genuine belief in the adopted religion, constitute a ...

At one level, caste in India is very much like a tribe in Africa. But how do the beliefs and practices within one caste ...

The appellant stated that she was born to a Hindu father and a Christian mother, both of whom later converted to Hinduism.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday (26 November) dismissed an appeal by a woman, C Selvarani, who claimed to belong to the Hindu ...

Know what the supreme court said about the religious conversion done for reservation and without actial belief.

Justices Pankaj Mithal and R Mahadevan passed the verdict on November 26 in a case filed by one C Selvarani and upheld a Madras High Court decision of January 24 denying a scheduled caste certificate ...

The bench spoke of religious conversion for availing reservation benefits, without genuine belief — though it is debatable ...

Court upholds denial of SC certificate to Selvarani "The extension of benefits of reservation to people with such ulterior ...