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Executive Summary: In March 2026, India’s Supreme Court upheld a lower court decision that if a person in a Scheduled Caste (SC) converts to a religion other than Hinduism, Sikhism or Buddhism, they immediately lose their SC status and associated reservation benefits [1] [2] . The unanimous 2‑judge bench (Justices Mishra and Anjaria) stressed that the Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order, 1950 makes this “bar … absolute” [1] [2] . In other words, a Christian or Muslim who