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