Navneet Kaur Harbhajansing Kundles @ Navneet Kaur Ravi Rana vs State of Maharashtra

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2024 Supreme(SC) 297

J. K. MAHESHWARI, SANJAY KAROL
Navneet Kaur Harbhajansing Kundles @ Navneet Kaur Ravi Rana – Appellant
Versus
State of Maharashtra – Respondent

Advocates appeared:
For the Appellant(s) : Mr. Dhruv Mehta, Sr. Adv. Mr. Mahesh Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Rishi Agrawala, Adv. Mr. Anshuman Srivastava, Adv. Mr. Ankur Saigal, Adv. Ms. Kajal Dalal, Adv. Ms. Kamakshi Sehgal, Adv. Mr. Rajesh Kumar, Adv. Mr. E. C. Agrawala, AOR
For the Respondent(s): Mr. Shadan Farasat, AOR Mr. Sachin Bharat Thorat, Adv. Mr. Ashok Janrao, Adv. Ms. Aparajita Jamwal, Adv. Mr. Harshit Anand, Adv. Mr. Aman Naqvi, Adv. Ms. Hrishika Jain, Adv. Ms. Natasha Maheshwari, Adv. Ms. Mreganka Kukreja, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Babbar, Adv. Mr. Siddharth Dharmadhikari, Adv. Mr. Aaditya Aniruddha Pande, AOR Mr. Bharat Bagla, Adv. Mr. Sourav Singh, Adv. Mr. Aditya Krishna, Adv. Ms. Preet S. Phanse, Adv. Mr. Adarsh Dubey, Adv. Mr. Sudhanshu S. Choudhari, AOR Mr. Praveen Arya, Adv. Mr. Nachiketa Vajpayee, Adv. Ms. Divyangna Malik, Adv. for M/s. Lawfic, AOR Mr. Ravindra Keshavrao Adsure, AOR Mr. Sagar N. Pahune Patil, Adv. Mr. Yash Prashant Sonavane, Adv.

JUDGMENT :

J.K. MAHESHWARI, J.

1. The present appeals arise out of impugned common judgment and final order dated 08.06.2021 passed by Division Bench of High Court of Judicature at Bombay in three Writ Petitions. Out of the said three petitions, Writ Petition No. 3370 of 2018 and Writ Petition No. 2675 of 2019 were preferred by Anandra Vithoba Adsul and Raju Shamrao Mankar (Respondents herein), inter-alia seeking identical reliefs, i.e. issuance of writ of certiorari for quashing and setting aside order dated 03.11.2017 passed by District Caste Scrutiny Committee, Mumbai Suburban (hereinafter referred to as ‘Scrutiny Committee’) which validated the caste claim of Appellant herein as ‘Mochi - Scheduled Caste’ in Maharashtra. Conversely, Writ Petition (Lodging) No. 9426 of 2020 was filed by Appellant herein seeking writ of certiorari and setting aside the findings of Scrutiny Committee, particularly in Para 4 of order dated 03.11.2017 to the extent of ‘nonconsideration’ of oldest documents submitted by her, which as contended by her sustained and established her caste claim. The Division Bench vide common impugned judgment allowed the petitions of Anandra Vithoba Adsul and Raju Shamra

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2024 Supreme(SC) 297

J. K. MAHESHWARI, SANJAY KAROLNavneet Kaur Harbhajansing Kundles @ Navneet Kaur Ravi Rana – AppellantVersusState of Maharashtra – Respondent

J. K. MAHESHWARI, SANJAY KAROL
Navneet Kaur Harbhajansing Kundles @ Navneet Kaur Ravi Rana – Appellant
Versus
State of Maharashtra – Respondent