Acquisition of status of the husbnd by a girl after marriage

Dear Members, I would like to point out some Sc rulings, amongst many, wherein the apex court has held that a woman acquires the caste of her husband but the benefits do not confer on her automatically unless she goes through the disabilities which are associated to that caste and then only she can claim the benefits of that caste. also acceptance by that caste or community people play an integral part of the same. please go through the follwing excerpts : In the case of Valsamma Paul (Mrs.) vs. Cochin University and others (1996) 3 SCC 545 this Apex Court examined the entire gamut and came to the conclusion that the condition precedent for acquiring Scheduled Tribes Certificate one must suffer the disabilities - Socially, Economically and Educationally. In "Anjan Kumar vs Union Of India & Ors (SC)" decided on 14 February, 2006, it was held that "However, the woman (if she belongs to forward class) cannot automatically attain the status of tribal unless she has been accepted by the community as one of them, observed all rituals, customs and traditions which have been practiced by the tribals from time immemorial and accepted by the community of the village as a member of tribal society for the purpose of social relations with the village community. Such acceptance must be by the village community by a resolution and such resolution must be entered in the Village Register kept for the purpose. Often than not, such acceptance is preceded by feast/rituals performed by the parties where the elders of the village community participated. However, acceptance of the marriage by the community itself would not entitle the woman (Forward class) to claim the appointment to the post reserved for the reserved category. It would be incongruous to suggest that the tribal woman, who suffered disabilities, would be able to compete with the woman (Forward class) who does not suffer disabilities wherefrom she belongs but by reason of marriage to tribal husband and such marriage is accepted by the community would entitle her for appointment to the post reserved for the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. It would be a negation of Constitutional goal."