New Delhi: A person belonging to a Scheduled Tribe(ST) does not lose his tribal status on conversion, the Supreme Court has said, says our legal correspondent.A bench headed by Justice K.G. Balakrishnan said conversion did change the status of a Scheduled Caste person but not the status of tribals who could follow any religion.
The court pointed to an earlier ruling holding that a person belonging to the ST community retained his status after conversion if he continued to follow the tribal ways of life.
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