Supreme Court of India · 2000-11-28
STATE OF MAHARASHTRA vs MILIND .
- Citation / case number
- SC 1986/67283
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- STATE OF MAHARASHTRA
- Respondent
- MILIND .
- Author
- S.N.PATTANAIK,, S.V.PATIL,DORASMY RAJU,S.R.BABUU,D.P.MOHAPATRO
- Bench
- S.N.PATTANAIK,, S.V.PATIL,DORASMY RAJU,S.R.BABUU,D.P.MOHAPATRO
Judgment text excerpt
The Supreme Court addressed two key questions regarding the inclusion of tribes in the Scheduled Tribes Order, 1950, specifically whether evidence can be admitted to declare a tribe as included under a general name and whether 'Halba Koshti' is a sub-tribe of 'Halba/Halbi'. The Court held that the matter involves conflicting judgments and thus referred it to a Constitution Bench for resolution. The outcome was a directive for early hearing by the Constitution Bench due to the urgency of the matter.