Sunita Singh vs State Of U.P .

The Supreme Court held that the caste is determined by birth and cannot be changed by marriage, affirming the cancellation of the appellant's caste certificate as she was born in an 'Agarwal' family, not a Scheduled Caste. The Court upheld the termination from service by Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan but, exercising its powers under Article 142, converted the termination to compulsory retirement due to the appellant's long service without any misconduct. The outcome was a lenient approach considering her impending retirement and clean service record.