The Supreme Court said that religious conversion done only for the benefit of reservation is betrayal of the Constitution. The court gave the decision on November 26 in a case in which a woman converted to Christianity, but later claimed to be a Hindu to obtain a Scheduled Caste certificate.
The Supreme Court rejected the petitioner's appeal and held that it cannot be entertained.
3 comments of the Supreme Court…
1. Convert when you really believe A bench of Justice Pankaj Mittal and Justice R Mahadevan upheld the decision of the Madras High Court. “A person should embrace a religion only when he is inspired by the values, ideas and beliefs of that religion,” the bench said.
2. Conversion without faith is not allowed The court said, “Conversion cannot be allowed if the objective is to take advantage of reservation, but the person does not believe in that religion. In such a case, it will only harm the ethos and social nature of reservation.”
3. Cannot claim to be a Hindu after baptism “On the basis of the evidence placed before us, the bench said that the petitioner has embraced Christianity and attends church regularly, i.e. she is also practicing religion, but on the other hand she is claiming that she is a Hindu,” the bench said. Making two claims.
8 lawyers cross-examined the petitioner woman Advocates NS Neppinai, V Balaji, Asaithambi MSM, Atul Sharma, C Kannan, Nizamuddin, B Dhananjay and Rakesh Sharma were cross-examined on behalf of petitioner Mahila Selvara. At the same time, advocates Arvind S, Akshay Gupta, Abbas B and Tharan SA represented the Tamil Nadu government.
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