Supreme Court of India

Sunil Kumar Rai & Ors. v. The State of Bihar & Ors.

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Reported as [2022] 3 S.C.R. 1111
Bench K. M. Joseph and Hrishikesh Roy JJ.
Decided 21 February 2022

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Social status certificate: Notification dated 23.08.2016 issued by Government of Bihar – In terms of said Notificat ion, approval given to issue Scheduled Tribe certificate to Lohar a (Lohar) community – Writ petition filed under Art.32 praying quashm ent of said Notification and also seeking direction to the Gove rnment to pay compensation for illegal notification which led to FIR under the provisions of SC and ST Act, 1989 against the p etitioners – Held: It has been held in catena of decisions that Lohar s are not members of the Scheduled Tribe and they are members of the OB Cs – ‘Lohar’

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