Supreme Court of India
Sunil Kumar Rai & Ors. v. The State of Bihar & Ors.
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Social status certificate: Notification dated 23.08.2016 issued by Government of Bihar – In terms of said Notification, approval given to issue Scheduled Tribe certificate to Lohara (Lohar) community – Writ petition filed under Art.32 praying quashment of said Notification and also seeking direction to the Government to pay compensation for illegal notification which led to FIR under the provisions of SC and ST Act, 1989 against the petitioners – Held: It has been held in catena of decisions that Lohars are not members of the Scheduled Tribe and they are members of the OBCs – ‘Lohar’ is not…
Authorities it was built on
- 1993 Smt. Nilabati Behera Alias Laut Behera (through the Supreme Court Legal Aid Committee) v. State of Orissa and Ors.
- 1996 Nityanand Sharma and Anr. v. State of Bihar and Ors.
- 2014 Assam Sanmilita Mahasangha & Ors. v. Union of India & Ors.
- 2020 The State of Maharashtra & Anr. v. Keshao Vishwanath Sonone & Anr.
- 2006 Prabhat Kumar Sharma v. Union Public Service Commission and Ors.
- 1997 Vinay Prakash and Ors. v. State of Bihar & Ors.
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