Supreme Court of India

Yogesh Madhav Makalwad v. The State of Maharashtra & Ors.

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Reported as [2025] 8 S.C.R. 750
Bench B.R. Gavai, Satish Chandra Sharma and K. Vinod Chandran JJ.
Decided 12 August 2025

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What the Court ordered

We are of the considered view that the order of the Scrutiny Committee invalidating the appellant’s caste claim as well as the impugned judgment and final order of the High Court upholding the same is not sustainable in law.

Judgment, page 9

From the headnote

Issue for Consideration Issue arose as regards the judgment passed by the High Court upholding the order passed by the Scheduled Tribe Certificate Scrutiny Committee confiscating and invalidating the Caste Certificate of the appellant and his father for the Scheduled Tribe-Koli Mahadev. Headnotes† Social status certificate – Scheduled Tribe Certificate – Caste claim – Confiscation and invalidation – Appellant-student became eligible to medical admission on basis of caste claim of belonging to Koli Mahadev tribe, however his caste certificate, had not been validated till then – Appellant filed

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