Supreme Court of India

Dattu S/o Namdev Thakur v. State of Maharashtra and Ors.

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Reported as [2011] 13 S.C.R. 475
Bench Altamas Kabir, Surinder Singh Nijjar and J. Chelameswar JJ.
Decided 7 December 2011

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that this being a case of a similar nature, the decision of the said Bench may also be applied to the facts of this case.

Judgment, page 5

From the headnote

Social status certificate: Scheduled tribe certificate issued to petitioner-father and petitioners-son and daughter - Cancellation of, by the Caste Scrutiny Committee - High Court upheld the decision of Committee - On appeal, held: The decision of Caste Scrutiny Committee and High Court is not disturbed - However, whatever advantage the petitioners had derived on the basis of their 'Caste Certificates', may not be disturbed and the cancellation of their respective 'Caste Certificates' would not deprive them of the benefits which they have already enjoyed - However, none of the petitioners

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 1 referred to · 1 mentioned

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