Supreme Court of India

Kumari Madhuri Patil and Anr. v. Addl. Commlssioner, Tribal Development and Ors.

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Reported as [1994] SUPP. 3 S.C.R. 50

Bench K. Ramaswamy and N. Venkatachala JJ.

Decided 2 September 1994

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above, we cannot help holding that the reasoning of the High Court is wholly perverse and untenable.

Judgment, page 19

From the headnote

ConstiµJ.tion of India, 1950 : .Articles 342 and 366(25). Scheduled Tribes--'Hindu-Kolis' of Maharashtra held belonging to other backward classes and not Scheduled Tribe'. Scheduled Tribe-Social Status Certificate as to-Certificate obtained fraudulently-Admission obtained in Medical College on the basis of said certificate-Confirmation of status sought from Verfication Commit tee-Committee considering family backward ancestry and anthropology of appellants and holding them 'Koli' which is other backward classes and not 'Mahadeo Koli'-Scheduled Tribe'-Entries in School's register of pre- con

Where later benches applied it

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2023 R Sundaram v. The Tamil Nadu State Level Scrutiny Committee & Ors. relied on
2020 The State of Maharashtra & Anr. v. Keshao Vishwanath Sonone & Anr. relied on
2019 Dist. Collector Satara & Anr. v. Mangesh Nivrutti Kashid relied on
2013 Pournima Suryakant Pawar v. State of Maharahtra and Others relied on
2011 Raiwad Manojkumar Nivruttirao v. State of Maharashtra & Anr. relied on
2011 Collector, Bilaspur v. Ajit P. K. Jogi & Ors. relied on
2026 Union of India and Others v. Rohith Nathan and Another, Etc. referred to
2025 A. Raja v. D. Kumar referred to
2023 Anoop Baranwal v. Union of India referred to
2022 Akhilesh Prasad v. Jharkhand Public Service Commission & Ors. referred to
2021 Pankaj Kumar v. State of Jharkhand & Ors. referred to
2018 Dr. Subhash Kashinath Mahajan v. The State of Maharashtra and Anr. referred to
2018 Bharati Reddy v. The State of Karnataka & Ors. referred to
2015 K.P. Manu v. Chairman, Scrutiny Committee for Verification of Community Certificate referred to
2012 Ayaaubkhan Noorkhan Pathan v. The State of Maharashtra & Ors. referred to
2023 Priya Pramod Gajbe v. State of Maharashtra and Others mentioned
2007 G.M. Indian Bank v. R. Rani & Anr. mentioned
2006 Sandeep Subhash Parate v. State of Maharashtra and Ors. mentioned

Of those, 8 relied on · 9 referred to · 3 mentioned

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