https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=289939 Scheduled Tribe status under Article 342 is not automatically lost on conversion; the decisive question is whether the person and family continue to be accepted as part of the tribe and whether tribal customs, traits, and social and family laws remain observed. That inquiry is fact-specific and cannot be answered in the abstract, and executive circulars cannot override the constitutional scheme under Article 13. On the stated facts, the issue whether the victim's family had ceased to belong to the notified tribe required trial, so quashing the proceedings at the threshold was not justified. en-us Wed, 28 Jan 2004 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 31 Aug 2020 13:29:05 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=289939 Scheduled Tribe status under Article 342 is not automatically lost on conversion; the decisive question is whether the person and family continue to be accepted as part of the tribe and whether tribal customs, traits, and social and family laws remain observed. That inquiry is fact-specific and cannot be answered in the abstract, and executive circulars cannot override the constitutional scheme under Article 13. On the stated facts, the issue whether the victim's family had ceased to belong to the notified tribe required trial, so quashing the proceedings at the threshold was not justified. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 28 Jan 2004 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=289939