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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH, NAGPUR
M.S.JAWALKAR, PRAVIN S.PATIL
Ku. Prachita Dhanraj Gharat – Appellant
Versus
Scheduled Tribe Certificate Scrutiny Committee, Nagpur – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. challenge to caste claim on validity. (Para 3 , 4 , 5 , 6) |
| 2. arguments for invalidation of caste claim. (Para 7 , 8) |
| 3. court observations on evidence considerations. (Para 9 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18) |
| 4. final ruling on caste validity. (Para 19) |
| 5. order for caste documentation issuance. (Para 20) |
JUDGMENT :
Smt. M. S. Jawalkar, J.
Heard the learned counsel for the parties.
2. Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith. Heard finally with the consent of the learned counsel for the parties.
3. The present petition challenges the common impugned order dated 16/08/2024, passed by the respondent-Scrutiny Committee, thereby invalidating their caste claim as “Mana Scheduled Tribe”.
4. The petitioners are from agriculturist family. The petitioner No.1 is pursuing her education and desires to take admission in MBBS Course, since she cleared NEET Examination with 365 marks. The petitioners claim that the Committee discharded 1935 Mana Record, which is related to the petitioners’ family. Committee also disbelieves 1951 Mana entry in the school record in respect of Bapurao Shravan, who is cousin grandfather of the petitioner. The petitioners state that Mani entries of the y
The credibility of caste claims must adhere to historical documentation, with greater weight given to pre-Independence records, in lieu of modern records.
The burden of proof under Section 8 of the Act of 2000 requires the petitioner to disprove adverse historical entries to establish her Scheduled Tribe status.
Burden of proof for tribal claims relies on historical documents, with older records holding more weight; claims of synonymous tribe names require clear establishment.
The petitioner failed to prove his claim to the 'Mana' Scheduled Tribe, as older documents indicating 'Mani' had greater probative value, and he tampered with evidence.
Pre-1956 certified documents hold presumptive probative value in tribe claims; rejection sans expert rebuttal on interpolation invalid. Non-existent adverse entries mere corruptions, not negating con....
The court emphasized that pre-Constitutional documents are of higher probative value for determining tribe claims, and invalidation by the committee on the basis of affinity test was not legally soun....
Post-constitutional documents showing consistent Scheduled Tribe caste cannot be discarded solely for lack of pre-constitutional evidence or date of birth variance; Scrutiny Committee must objectivel....
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