India, March 9 -- Though a person may change religion, his or her caste remains the same despite conversion to another religion," noted a Single Bench of the Allahabad High Court. Justice Anil Kumar, while granting relief to a woman who married a man belonging to the Jat community, further stated, "Even marriage does not change her caste."

The Special Judge, Aligarh, summoned eight persons to face trial under the SC/ST Act on a criminal complaint filed by the woman, stating that the accused had assaulted her and used casteist slurs during an altercation.

The accused/appellants had moved the High Court against the Trial Court with the contention that the woman originally belonged to the SC/ST community by birth and is originally a reside...