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    Demand for Accurate Census Data: SC Buddhists to Remain in SC Category

    Mumbai, April 8 Union Minister Ramdas Athawale on Wednesday demanded that people who converted to Buddhism from the Scheduled Castes in Maharashtra be recorded as "Buddhist" in religion during the ongoing Census exercise, but their caste should continue to be listed under the SC category."This...
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    Religious Conversion Doesn't Alter Caste Status, High Court Rules

    Prayagraj, February 12 The Allahabad High Court has observed that a person's caste at birth remains the same even if they change religions, while granting relief to a woman, stating that even marriage does not change her caste.Justice Anil Kumar made this observation while dismissing a...
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