outside the Munda Tribe, if his marriage is accepted by the Tribe, he continues to be a member of that Tribe and his wife also acquires its membership. While considering the said issue, whether, the respondent Smt.Jahan Ara could have placed reliance on a certificate issued to her that she belonged to the Munda Tribe and therefore was entitled to contest in the reserved Constituency meant for Scheduled Tribe. It was observed as stated above, that, even if the respondent (Jahan Ara) was not a member of a Munda Tribe by virtue of birth, she, having been married to a member of Munda Tribe after due observation of all formalities and after obtaining the approval of the elders of the Tribe would be entitled to invoke the doctrine of domicile and as she would become member of a Munda Tribe. Consequently, when a person, in the course of time, has been assimilated in the community, it is difficult to comprehend how that person can be denied the rights and privileges which may be conferred on that community even though tribal by constitutional provisions. As a result, the appeal filed by the returning candidate N.E.Horo was dismissed sustaining setting aside his election.
