Jammu Tawi, Feb. 9 -- The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has directed authorities to reconsider their decision to deny a Scheduled Tribe (ST) certificate to a woman from the Padri tribe, following her marriage to a non-Padri individual.
According to the news agency-, Justice Wasim Sadiq Nargal issued this order while referring to a clarification from the Ministry of Home Affairs stating that those belonging to Scheduled Castes (SC) or Scheduled Tribes (ST) retain their community status even after marrying outside their community.
The petitioner, Shivaeta Rani, a member of the Padri tribe, was denied an ST certificate by the concerned authorities due to her marriage to a person outside her community.
She challenged this decision...