'Defeats social ethos of reservation': Supreme Court upholds Madras HC decision over religious conversion

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The Supreme Court rejected a woman's claim for scheduled caste benefits after converting to Christianity and then back to Hinduism. The court deemed her conversion a "fraud on the Constitution," asserting that conversions solely for reservation benefits without genuine religious belief are unacceptable.

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Supreme Court of India

Highest court of jurisdiction in India
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Madras High Court

High court in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu
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Supreme Court of the United States

Highest court of jurisdiction in the US
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Christianity

Abrahamic monotheistic religion

Hinduism

Indian religion
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