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Only Hindus, Buddhists, and Sikhs can claim Scheduled Caste status: SC
Updated On: 25 March, 2026 08:56 AM IST | New Delhi | Agencies
“This bar is absolute and admits no exception. A person can’t simultaneously profess and practice a religion other than the one specified in clause 3 and claim membership of the Scheduled Caste,” the bench said
The top court upheld Andhra Pradesh HC order that anyone converting to Christianity will lose the status. REPRESENTATION PICS/ISTOCK
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 Mishra and NV Anjaria, upholding an order of the Andhra Pradesh High Court, said that a person belonging to a Scheduled Caste community loses his SC status immediately and completely upon conversion to another religion.
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