https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=199448 Paragraph 3 of the Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order, 1950 requires a person to profess the Hindu or Sikh religion to be treated as a Scheduled Caste member for reservation purposes. The SC stated that "professes" means an open and public declaration of religious belief, and that a public conversion to another religion cannot be ignored by reference to the formal validity of the rite alone. On the evidence, the respondent's embrace of Buddhism was established, and Buddhism was treated as a religion distinct from Hinduism for this Order. Article 25 did not expand "Hindu" in paragraph 3 to include Buddhists, so the respondent was ineligible for the reserved seat. en-us Mon, 26 Oct 1964 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 28 Feb 2018 17:50:33 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=199448 Paragraph 3 of the Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order, 1950 requires a person to profess the Hindu or Sikh religion to be treated as a Scheduled Caste member for reservation purposes. The SC stated that "professes" means an open and public declaration of religious belief, and that a public conversion to another religion cannot be ignored by reference to the formal validity of the rite alone. On the evidence, the respondent's embrace of Buddhism was established, and Buddhism was treated as a religion distinct from Hinduism for this Order. Article 25 did not expand "Hindu" in paragraph 3 to include Buddhists, so the respondent was ineligible for the reserved seat. Case-Laws Companies Law Mon, 26 Oct 1964 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=199448