Supreme Court · 2015 INSC 163 · Decided 26 February 2015
K.P. Manu v. Chairman, Scrutiny Committee for Verification of Community Certificate
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2015 INSC 163 · [2015] 3 S.C.R. 243
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 7065/2008
- Decided
- 26 February 2015
- Bench
- DIPAK MISRA, V. GOPALA GOWDA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution
Headnote
C ·Kera/a (Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes) Regulation of Issue of Community Certificates Act, 1996 - Grant of caste certificate - Challenge to - Appellant born to Christian parents, his grandfather embraced the 0 Christianity after leaving Hinduism and the at the age of 24 - Grant of caste certificate of 'Hindu Pulaya' to which his ancestors belonged - Scrutiny committee as also High Court holding that he could not be treated as a Hindu - Sustainability E of - Held: Not sustainable - For grant of scheduled caste status, person must belong to the
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