https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=188650 Presidential notification under Articles 366(25) and 342 is the controlling source for Scheduled Tribe status, and only Parliament may amend the list. The omission of the word "including" in the later entry showed that the named communities were separate tribes, so Mana in Maharashtra could not be treated as a sub-tribe of Gond by affinity or evidence. The earlier approach in Dina II, which relied on evidence and the reasoning in Dina I, could not survive the Constitution Bench ruling in Milind Katware and stood overruled by necessary implication. The result leaves Mana recognised as a separate Scheduled Tribe in Maharashtra. en-us Wed, 08 Mar 2006 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 16 Mar 2024 12:40:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=188650 Presidential notification under Articles 366(25) and 342 is the controlling source for Scheduled Tribe status, and only Parliament may amend the list. The omission of the word "including" in the later entry showed that the named communities were separate tribes, so Mana in Maharashtra could not be treated as a sub-tribe of Gond by affinity or evidence. The earlier approach in Dina II, which relied on evidence and the reasoning in Dina I, could not survive the Constitution Bench ruling in Milind Katware and stood overruled by necessary implication. The result leaves Mana recognised as a separate Scheduled Tribe in Maharashtra. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 08 Mar 2006 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=188650