Supreme Court · 1996 INSC 165 · Decided 2 February 1996
Nityanand Sharma and ANR. v. State of Bihar and Ors .
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1996 INSC 165 · [1996] 2 S.C.R. 1
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 2688/1996
- Decided
- 2 February 1996
- Bench
- K. RAMASWAMY, B.L. HANSARIA, S.B. MAJMUDAR (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 342, 342(2), 348
Headnote
SHARMA AND ANR. v. STATE OF BIHAR AND ORS . FEBRUARY 2, 1996 [K. RAMASWAMY, B.L. HANSARIA AND S.B. MAJMUDAR, JJ.) Constitution of India-Article 342(2}-Scheduled Tribes-Lohal'­ Whether a specified Scheduled Tribe-Held, No-They are Blacksmiths. A B Article 348( 1) (b }-Court to take judicial Castes and Scheduled Tribes Orders (Amendment Act), 1976-Power of court to declare a particular tribe to be Schedule D Trib~Held, it is for Parliament to amend law and Schedul~ourt is devoid of such a power. The appellant in the service of the State of Bihar belonging to Lohar Caste claimed
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