Anita Maruti Dullewad v. the State of Mah and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
The petitioner filed a writ petition seeking a certificate of validity for Scheduled Tribe status. The Court observed that while her brother had been granted such a certificate following legal procedure, it would be anomalous to deny the petitioner the same. Consequently, the Court allowed the petition and directed the respondent committee to issue the certificate within four weeks.
What did the court decide?
The respondent committee is directed to issue validity certificate in favour of the petitioner within a period of 4 weeks.