Supreme Court of India

M. V Chandrakanth v. Sangapppa & Ors

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Bench Indira Banerjee and J.K. Maheshwari JJ.
Decided 29 July 2022

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What the Court ordered

In the result, I hold that every person who belongs to KuruhinaSetty community whether a Lingayat or not belongs to Backward community for the purpose of the Government Order, and can claim the benefit of special provisions subject to the income test prescribed in the Government Order and, M. V. CHANDRAKANTH v.

Judgment, page 10

From the headnote

Karnataka Scheduled Castes, Schedule Tribes and Other Backward Classes (Reservation of Appointments, etc.) Act, 1990 – Karnataka Scheduled Castes, Schedule Tribes and Other Backward Classes (Reservation of Appointment, etc.) Rules, 1992 – r.7 – Single Judge dismissed the writ petition filed by respondent no.1 claiming the benefit of reservation for Other Backward Classes as a member of the ‘Ganiga’ caste – Order set aside by Division Bench – Correctness of – Held: Division Bench observed that the Single Judge also accepted that the caste of the Respondent might be Lingayat-Ganiga but erred in…

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