virtue of the Presidential Order.
2. Article 366 (25) defines 'Schedule Tribe'- which means:
"such tribes or tribal communities or parts
reasonable opportunity of being heard."
Section 2 (1) of the Act, defines "aboriginal raiyat" to mean, in relation to any agricultural land ... rent a raiyat or under raiyat belonging to a backward tribe as defined in part III of the Thirteenth Schedule to the Government of India
amended on 19-12-1951. Section 2 (d) of the Act defines "homestead" to mean any land which is held on lease ... India (Scheduled Castes) Order, 1936, or a member of the backward tribes as defined in paragraph 19 of the Fifth Schedule to the Government
Notification dated
23.08.2016 insofar as inclusion of 'Lohar Caste in Scheduled
Tribes List' was not existing ... India under Article
341/342 respectively of the Constitution. Scheduled Tribes is
defined in the Constitution under Article 366(25) thereof. It
reads as under
surrender by a scheduled tribe raiyat of his statutory right to hold land for the purposes of cultivation (as defined in Section 6) would amount ... into cultivation himself. It would thus seem that a raiyati right
as defined in Section 6 and flowing from the other provisions
after consultation with the Governor thereof, the tribes or tribal communities or parts of or groups within tribes or tribal communities which shall ... account of change of religion by embracing Christianity.
14. "Tribe" has been defined in Encyclopaedia Britannica, Volume 22, 1961 edition, at page
Tribes category is punishable under the Act whereas offences of atrocities committed by Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes upon Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes ... helpless Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and rape of women belonging to the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes. Under the circumstances, the existing laws
Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes." The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes have been fully defined in the Constitution (see Articles ... lands of backward classes Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes subject to
certain well-defined conditions are well-known features of land tenure all over India
member of
a scheduled caste and a scheduled tribe. These acts as defined under
the Section would be punished for an offence under this ... force to any woman belonging to a
scheduled caste or a scheduled tribe with intent to dishonour or
outrage her modesty."
11. The definition
petitioner. Section 3 (s) of Schedule Caste &
Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act defines the offence as alleged
in the complaint as follows ... member of scheduled caste or a scheduled
tribe abuses any member of scheduled castes or scheduled tribes by
caste name in any place within