REPORTABLE
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
CIVIL APPEAL NO. 4096 of 2020 (arising out of SLP(C)No.15044 of 2020)
THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA & ANR. ...APPELLANT(S)
VERSUS
KESHAO VISHWANATH SONONE & ANR. ...RESPONDENT(S)
WITH
CIVIL APPEAL NO.4098-4100 of 2020 (arising out of SLP(C)No.15045-15047 of 2020)
THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA & ANR. ...APPELLANT(S)
VERSUS
ADIM GOWARI SAMAJ VIKAS MANDAL & ORS....RESPONDENT(S)
WITH
CIVIL APPEAL NO. 4097 of 2020 (arising out of SLP(C)No.7901 of 2019)
ZANAKLAL ...APPELLANT(S) VERSUS
ADIVASI GOND GOVARI (GOWARI) SEWA MANDAL & ORS. ...RESPONDENT(S)
1
AND
CIVIL APPEAL NO. 4101 of 2020 (arising out of SLP(C) Diary No.17886 of 2020)
UNION OF INDIA ...APPELLANT(S) VERSUS
ADIVASI GOND GOVARI (GOWARI) SEVA MANDAL & ORS. ...RESPONDENT(S)
J U D G M E N T
ASHOK BHUSHAN, J.
Leave granted.
2. These appeals filed against the common judgment
dated 14.08.2018 of Bombay High Court, Nagpur Bench
raise the issues of seminal importance pertaining to
a Scheduled Tribe namely “Gond Govari” in the State
of Maharashtra included in the Constitution
(Scheduled Tribes) Order, 1950 as amended by
Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Orders
(Amendment) Act, 1976 as applicable in the State of
Maharashtra.
3. The Bombay High Court vide judgment dated
14.08.2018 allowed four writ petitions being Writ
2
Petition N...