Supreme Court · 2023 INSC 663 · Decided 11 July 2023
Priya Pramod Gajbe v. State of Maharashtra and Others
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2023 INSC 663 · [2023] 9 S.C.R. 1261
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 7117/2019
- Decided
- 11 July 2023
- Bench
- BHUSHAN RAMKRISHNA GAVAI, J.B. PARDIWALA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution
Headnote
Education/Educational Institutions - MBBS admission - Seat reserved for Scheduled Tribe - Appellant secured the admission claiming that she belonged to 'Mana' Scheduled Tribe - Claim invalidated - Documents of pre-Constitution period relied upon by Probative value of - Held: Documents of the pre- Constitution period showing the caste of the applicant and their ancestors have got the highest probative value - If an applicant is able to produce authentic and genuine documents of the pre- Constitution period showing that he belongs
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