Only Parliament Can Amend Scheduled Castes List; Castes Cannot Be Deemed Synonyms Without Legislation: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has ruled that communities not specifically listed in the Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order, 1950, cannot be legally recognized as Scheduled Castes by deeming them synonyms or sub-castes of already notified groups. A Division Bench comprising Justice Alok Mathur and Justice Amitabh Kumar Rai dismissed a petition seeking to treat the Nishad,

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