Scheduled Tribes under Indian Constitution ~ LLBH

Scheduled Tribes under Indian Constitution

Article 366(25) of the Indian Constitution states -

"Scheduled Tribes means such tribes or tribal communities or part of or groups within such tribes or tribal communities as are deemed under Article 342 to be scheduled Tribes (STs) for the purposes of this Constitution”.

Article 342 states -

(1) The President may with respect to any State or Union territory, and where it is a State, after consultation with the Governor thereof, by public notification, specify the tribes or tribal communities or parts of or groups within tribes or tribal communities which shall for the purposes of this Constitution be deemed to be Scheduled Tribes in relation to that State or Union territory, as the case may be.

(2) Parliament may by law include in or exclude from the list of Scheduled Tribes specified in a notification issued under clause ( 1 ) any tribe or tribal community or part of or group within any tribe or tribal community, but save as aforesaid a notification issued under the said clause shall not be varied by any subsequent notification.

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