Supreme Court chuan Hinduism, Sikhism, emaw Buddhism sakhaw zawm te chauh, Scheduled Castes (SC) an nih theih thu an sawi. Justice PK Mishra leh Justice NV Anjaria te bench chuan he thubuai hi ngaihtuahin, mi tupawh heng sakhua ni lo, Christian sakhuaah emaw a inleh chuan Scheduled Caste(SC) nihna a hlauh theih thu an sawi a. Hemi avang hian sakhaw dang(Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist sakhua ni lo) a inlet te chu the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes(Prevention of Atrocities) Act hnuaiah a awm ve theih loh thu an sawi.

He thubuai hi pastor pakhat, Chinthada Anand thehluh atanga lo awm a ni a. Ani hian a caste avanga tihreawmna leh thliarhranna a dawn thu sawiin, the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act hnuaiah thubuai a thehlut ta a ni. A thubuai thehluh atanga a  landanin, police-te chuan FIR chu an register a. Nimhsela, he thubuaia thil tisualtua puh hian Andhra Pradesh High Court-ah he FIR hi a khinglet ta a ni.

High Court chuan FIR chu a thiah sakin, pastor Anand-a chu Christian-a a inleh tawh avangin a SC nihna a bo tawh thu an sawi a. SC certificate lo nei pawh ni se, sakhaw danga a inleh hnu chuan a certificate chu a nun tawh loh thu an sawi a ni.  Pastor Anand-a chuan High Court thutlukna hi  Supreme Court-ah appeal a. Supreme Court chuan High Court thutlukna chu pawmpuiin, Christian sakhuaa an inleh hnu chuan SC nihna chu an nei tawh loh thu leh the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act in a huam theih loh thu an sawi bawk.

Supreme Court chuan Clause 3 of the Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order, 1950-ah chuan Hinduism, Sikhism, emaw Buddhism sakhua te chauh hi Scheduled Castes an nih thu an tarlang a, Christian sakhuaa inlehna chuan Scheduled Caste nihna a tihbo thu an sawi.

Supreme Court chuan sakhaw thlak hnu-a Scheduled Caste (SC) nihna chungchangah kaihhruaina mumal tak a siam a. Presidential Order-in a tarlan loh sakhuaa inlehna (conversion) chuan SC nihna a hloh pumhlum tir vek a, chutiang mite chuan SC nihna hmanga hamṭhatna leh venhimna an dil thei tawh lo tih a thutluknaah a tarlang a ni.

Hemi bakah hian, sakhaw hlui zawm leh (reconversion) chungchangah court chuan tehna khauh tak a siam a; sakhaw hluiah khan an lêt leh ngei tih fiahna leh an khawtlang/khua leh tui (community)-in an pawm leh ngei tih fiahna a awm tur a ni tih a sawifiah bawk.

Bench chuan,”Kristian sakhua hian a thurin bulpui aṭang rengin ‘caste’ (hnam inthliarna) hi a pawm lova, a keng tel bawk hek lo. Kristian-te lehkhabu thianghlim, Thuthlung Thar-ah chuan: ‘Juda mi emaw, Grik mi emaw an awm lo va, bawih emaw, bawih lo emaw an awm lo va, mipa emaw, hmeichhia emaw pawh an awm hek lo; Krista Isuaah chuan in vaiin pumkhat in ni si a,’ tiin a tarlang a. India rama Kristianna hi pawl (denominations) hrang hrangah a inṭhen a: Roman Catholic (Latin Church inkhawm dan leh thurin zui tute), Protestant pawl hrang hrang (Church of South India, Baptist, Lutheran, leh Pentecostal-te telin), leh hmânlai Syrian Christian khawtlangte an ni. Chutianga pawl hrang hrang lo awmte chu an thurin hrilhfiah dan te, an inkhawm dan leh biak dan (liturgical practice) te, leh kohhran inrelbawl dan (ecclesiastical governance) inan loh vang chauh a ni a. Chungte chu ‘caste’ anga inthliarhranna tarlangtu an ni lo,” tiin an sawi a ni.

Pastor Anand-a ukil chuan Kristian sakhua a zawm tak avang maiin SC/ST Act hnuaia dikna a neih te a bo phah vek anga High Court-in a ngai kha thil tihsual lian tak a ni a. Hnam (caste) tih hi pianpui thil a ni a, sakhua thlak vanga bo mai thei a ni lo; sakhaw thlakna hian hnam khat nihna (social identity) leh hmanlai ațanga hnam hnuaihnung zawkte’n harsatna an lo tawh tawh thinte kha a nawt bo vek thei lo a ni tih a sawi bawk.

Nimahsela, Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra leh Justice Manmohan-te chuan heti hian an sawi a:

“…appellant (thubuai neitu) hi a pian tirhin Scheduled Caste hnuaia Madiga community-ah a piang ngei tih hi hnial rual a ni lo va. Chumi hnuah Kristian sakhua a zawm leh tih pawh hi rinhlelh rual a ni hek lo. A sakhua a thlak hnu pawha a pianna avanga Scheduled Caste nihna a la vawng nung reng anga a insawina hi chu pawm theih a ni lo. A chunga kan tarlan tawh anga thil kalhmang thlir hian, mi tu pawh Scheduled Caste anga pawm a nih dawn chuan, Hindu sakhua emaw, Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order, 1950-in a tarlan sakhua emaw a vuan tur a ni tih hi thil chiang a ni a. Appellant-in Kristian sakhua a zawm rual khan, Madiga community a nihna avanga caste status a lo hman tawh thin kha dan mithmuhah chuan a bo nghal a ni.”(www.jclalnunsanga.in)

 (He thubuai Chinthada Anand v. State Of Andhra Pradesh And Others [Neutral Citation: 2026 INSC 283] ah hian thubuai thehluttu tan Shashibhushan P. Adgaonkar, AOR. leh a leh lam tan Sr. Adv. Dvss Somayajulu,Sr.Adv.NachiketaJoshi leh ukil dangte an ding)Top of Form

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