Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Orders (Amendment) Act, 1976

The State of Odisha appealed against a judgment that held the tribe "Kulis" listed in the Scheduled Tribes Order (Amendment) Act, 1976, includes members of the "Kuli" community. The issue was whether the term "Kulis" was a distinct tribe or merely the plural of "Kuli", which had earlier been listed as a Scheduled Caste…

The Bombay High Court entertained four writ petitions filed by members of the Gowari community seeking declaration that they belong to the Scheduled Tribe (ST) ‘Gond Gowari’ and quashed the ST certificates issued to them. The High Court held that the tribe ‘Gond Gowari’ was extinct before 1911 and that the caste ‘Gowar…

The State of Bihar issued a resolution on 1 July 2015, based on the State Backward Commission’s recommendation, to delete the "Tanti‑Tantwa" caste from the Extremely Backward Classes list and merge it with the "Pan/Sawasi" entry in the Scheduled Castes list, thereby extending Scheduled Caste benefits to its members. Th…

The respondent, V.K. Mahanudevan, obtained a Scheduled Caste (SC) certificate in 1987 after the Kerala High Court accepted a KIRTADS report that he belonged to the Thandan community, a notified SC. Subsequent scrutiny, prompted by a Full Bench observation in Pattika Jathi case, led the State Government to re‑examine hi…