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2020 Supreme(SC) 717

ASHOK BHUSHAN, R.SUBHASH REDDY, M.R.SHAH
STATE OF MAHARASHTRA – Appellant
Versus
KESHAO VISHWANATH SONONE – Respondent


Advocates Appeared:
For the Appellant(s) : Mr. Shyam Divan, Sr. Adv. Mr. Ravindra Keshavrao Adsure, AOR Mr. Siddheswar Namdev Biradar, Adv. Ms. Sakshi Ajit Kale, Adv. Mr. Vinayak Bhandari, Adv. Ms. Sansriti Pathak, Adv. Mr. Raj Bahadur Yadav, AOR Mr. Ravindra Keshavrao Adsure, AOR Mr. Yash Prashant Sonavane, Adv. Mr. Jaiprakash Chavan, Adv. Ms. Sangita Sagar Pahune Patil, Adv. Mr. C.U. Singh, Sr. Adv. Mr. Mohan Sudame, Adv. Ms. Sangita Gupta, Adv. Mr. Amjid Maqbool, Adv. Mr. Manish Kumar Gupta, AOR
For the Respondent(s): Mr. Mukul Rohatgi, Sr. Adv. Mr. Ram Parsodkar, Adv. Mr. Shakul R. Ghatole, Adv. Mr. Siddharth Dharmadhikari, Adv. Ms. Jaikriti S. Jadeja, AOR Ms. Astha Sharma, AOR Mr. Mukul Rohatgi, Sr. Adv. Mr. Siddharth Dharmadhikari, Adv. Mr. Abhay Anturkar, Adv. Ms. Aagam Kaur, Adv. Mr. Abhikalp Pratap Singh, AOR Ms. Bansuri Swaraj, Adv. Mr. Siddhesh Kotwal, Adv. Mr. Divyansh Tiwari, Adv. Ms. Ana Upadhyay, Adv. Mr. Nirnimesh Dube, AOR Mr. Sachin Patil, AOR Mr. Gagan Sanghi, Adv. Mr. Rameshwar Prasad Goyal, AOR Mr. Sanjay Jain, ASG Mr. Amrish Kumar, AOR Mr. Sudhanshu S. Choudhari, AOR Mr. Mahesh P. Shinde, Adv. Mr. Yogesh Kolte, Adv. Mr. Kunal Cheema, AOR Ms. Ruchita Kunal Cheema, Adv.

JUDGMENT :

ASHOK BHUSHAN, J.

Leave granted.

2. These appeals filed against the common judgment dated 14.08.2018 of Bombay High Court, Nagpur Bench raise the issues of seminal importance pertaining to a Scheduled Tribe namely “Gond Govari” in the State of Maharashtra included in the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order, 1950 as amended by Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Orders (Amendment) Act, 1976 as applicable in the State of Maharashtra.

3. The Bombay High Court vide judgment dated 14.08.2018 allowed four writ petitions being Writ Petition No. 1742 of 2007, Writ Petition No.4779 of 2008, Writ Petition No. 4032 of 2009 and Writ Petition No.1680 of 2012. We may notice in brief the claim of the writ petitioners in the aforesaid writ petitions.

Writ Petition No.1742 of 2007 -Keshao Vishwanath Sunone Vs. State of Maharashtra and Ors.

4. Keshao Vishwanath Sunone (hereinafter referred to as “Sunone”) claimed himself to belong to Gowari caste. The petitioner’s claim in the writ petition is that Sunone belong to Gowari caste, which comes under the Scheduled Tribes as there is no Gon


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