Boundaries of Caste

The Supreme Court’s denial of Scheduled Caste status to Christians and Muslims needs to be critiqued as it is based on colonial and scripture-centric legal foundations. The Supreme Court’s conflation of social and religious identity, and the wider judicial consequences for the protections available to the SCs, need to be unpacked.

In a significant judgment passed on 26 November 2024, the Supreme Court dismissed........

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