Is Sc st atrocities act applicable to converted christians

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Yes, a converted Christian can file a case against SC/ST atrocities act. in support of the answer the: A member of a scheduled caste or tribe (SC/ST) who had converted to Christianity from Hinduism can claim the rights and benefits available to SC/ST members if he reconverts, the Kerala High Court has held. ..


Shoaib Daniyal
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The Supreme Court on Thursday held that a Dalit Christian or Muslim converting to Hinduism will be entitled to reservation benefits as long as it can be proved that his forefathers belonged to a caste categorised as a scheduled caste. This builds on an earlier judgement (Guntur Medical College versus Y. Mohan Rao) which held that a person need not be born a Hindu to get scheduled caste status. If his Dalit parents had converted out of Hinduism, he still legally regains the caste of his parents if and when he converts to Hinduism. The Mohan Rao verdict, however, set the limit at one generation: the parents had to have been Hindus once for the child to be eligible for scheduled caste benefits. Thursday’s ruling removes that limit: now scheduled caste benefits can be gained no matter how many generations back the Dalit ancestors left Hinduism, as long as the caste can be verified.

Advocate Siddhant Sharma LawRato