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JPP

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

WRIT PETITION NO. 3254 OF 2021

Kasturi Sushma Khandekar

… Petitioner

V/s.

State of Maharashtra and Ors.

... Respondents

Mr. Makrand Kale a/w. Mr. S.R. Ghanavat for the Petitioner

Mr. N.C. Walimbe, AGP for the Respondent - State

CORAM : SUNIL B. SHUKRE &

G.A. SANAP, JJ.

DATE : 22 MARCH 2022

Oral Judgment (Per Sunil Shukre, J.) :-

Heard the learned Counsel for the parties.

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Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith. Taken up for

final disposal by consent of parties.

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The main issue involved in this Petition is about which

of the two social status, one that of the father and the other that of

the mother could be claimed by the Petitioner. The answer to the

question would depend upon the evidence regarding the manner in

which and by whom the Petitioner has been reared.

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In the present case, on going through the vigilance report

and also the document relating to school entry, one can at once say

that the Petitioner has been almost entirely brought up by her

mother who belongs to Mahar Schedule