DEHRADUN: The Supreme Court on Monday upheld a 2013 Nainital high court order granting domicile and caste certificates to people residing in Uttarakhand since 1985. More than 40 lakh people who live in the state's four plain districts will benefit from the order, said senior government officials.
A Supreme Court bench of Justice Sudhansu Jyoti Mukhopadhyay and Justice Kurian Joseph dismissed former chairperson of the Uttarakhand Rajya Nirman Andolankari Samman Parishad Ravindra Jugran's petition challenging the HC order. Dehradun-resident Jugran said he is taking legal advice and is contemplating filing another review petition in the apex court.
On August 17, 2012, the high court had stated that any person living in Uttarakhand since November 9, 2000 — the day when the state was formed — was entitled to get domicile and caste certificates. The order was challenged and on May 25, 2013 a HC bench changed the cut-off date to 1985.
Jugran moved SC in September 2013, saying the order was in violation of the Constitution and a presidential order, which entitles anyone staying anywhere in the country since 1950 to get domicile certificate of that place.
A Supreme Court bench of Justice Sudhansu Jyoti Mukhopadhyay and Justice Kurian Joseph dismissed former chairperson of the Uttarakhand Rajya Nirman Andolankari Samman Parishad Ravindra Jugran's petition challenging the HC order. Dehradun-resident Jugran said he is taking legal advice and is contemplating filing another review petition in the apex court.
On August 17, 2012, the high court had stated that any person living in Uttarakhand since November 9, 2000 — the day when the state was formed — was entitled to get domicile and caste certificates. The order was challenged and on May 25, 2013 a HC bench changed the cut-off date to 1985.
Jugran moved SC in September 2013, saying the order was in violation of the Constitution and a presidential order, which entitles anyone staying anywhere in the country since 1950 to get domicile certificate of that place.
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