Section 2(1)(b) in Maharashtra Protection of People from Social Boycott (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2016
(b)"community" in relation to a Caste Panchayat means a group, the members of which are connected together by reason of the fact that by birth, conversion or the performance of any religious rites or ceremonies, they belong to the same religion or religious creed and includes a caste, sub-caste ;