https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=302917 Reservation for Scheduled Tribe seats is available only to a person who genuinely belongs to the tribe by birth. On the evidence, the appellant failed to prove that she was a Bhagatha Scheduled Tribe member; prolonged cohabitation of her parents supported a presumption of marriage, but the record did not establish tribal status or any legal impediment from prior marriages. The Court also held that marriage to a Scheduled Tribe member does not itself confer tribal status, and a community certificate under the 1993 Act is only evidentiary and does not conclusively establish eligibility in an election challenge. The election invalidation was upheld. en-us Fri, 28 Jan 2005 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 23 Jun 2022 17:54:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=302917 Reservation for Scheduled Tribe seats is available only to a person who genuinely belongs to the tribe by birth. On the evidence, the appellant failed to prove that she was a Bhagatha Scheduled Tribe member; prolonged cohabitation of her parents supported a presumption of marriage, but the record did not establish tribal status or any legal impediment from prior marriages. The Court also held that marriage to a Scheduled Tribe member does not itself confer tribal status, and a community certificate under the 1993 Act is only evidentiary and does not conclusively establish eligibility in an election challenge. The election invalidation was upheld. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 28 Jan 2005 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=302917