Supreme Court · 2011 INSC 763 · Decided 13 October 2011
Collector, Bilaspur v. Ajit P. K. Jogi & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2011 INSC 763 · [2011] 12 S.C.R. 1045
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 4069/2008
- Decided
- 13 October 2011
- Bench
- R.V. RAVEENDRAN, H.L. DATTU (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution
Headnote
Constitution of India, 1950: A B Articles 338(5)(b) (as originally stood) and 338-A - c National Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes - Powers of - HELD: The power under clause (5}(b) of Article 338 did not entitle the Commission to hold an inquiry in regard to the caste status documents, and record a finding that his caste 0 certificate is bogus or false - It -such a complaint was received about the deprivation of the rights and safeguards, it will have to refer the matter to the State Government or the authority concerned with verification of caste/tribal status, to
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