Court : Orissa
Reported in : AIR1986Ori255
..... continuously in india and generation by generation lost sheep appear to return to the caste-fold and are once again assimilated in that fold. this appears to be particularly so in the case of members of the scheduled castes, who embrace other religions in their quest for liberation, but return to their old religion on finding that ..... new religion, however, does not at all accept or believe in the caste system, the loss of the caste would be final and complete. in a large area of south and some of the north eastern states it is not unusual to find persons converted to christianity retaining their original caste without violating the tenets of the ..... within the fold. it is the orthodox hindu society still dominated to a large extent, particularly in rural areas, by medievalistic outlook and status-oriented approach which attaches social and economic disabilities to a person belonging to a scheduled caste and that is why certain favoured treatment is given to him by the constitution. once such a .....
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