Supreme Court of India

Gayatrilaxmi Bapurao Nagpure v. State of Maharashtra and Ors.

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Reported as [1996] 3 S.C.R. 466
Bench M.M. Punchhi and K. Venkataswami JJ.
Decided 15 March 1996

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that the second­ respondent Committee was not right in rejecting the claim of the appellant and for the same reason the order of the High Court cannot be sustained.

Judgment, page 8

From the headnote

Constitution of India : Articles 14 and 15(4)-Reservation-Scheduled T1ibe-Caste Certifi- cate-Appellant, a candidate for admission to Medical Course, applying to Scheduled Tribe Caste Certificate Scrutiny Committee for Caste Certifi­ cate-Documents issued by school authorities and other State authorities in support of claim ftanished-Committee rejecting documents and refusing certificate--Held, Committee en-ed in rejecting the claim and failed to apply its mind to important documents-Greater care must be taken before granting or rejecting any claim for caste certificate. The appellant, a

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