Shirish Pandharinath Patil v. State of Maharashtra & Ors
2026 INSC 9495 September 202610 min read
Shirish Pandharinath Patil vs State of Maharashtra & Ors
Supreme Court affirms invalidation of Scheduled Tribe certificate but exercises Article 142 powers to protect retirement benefits of employee who served for over three decades.
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- Case Name
- Shirish Pandharinath Patil v. State of Maharashtra & Ors.
- Citation
- 2026 INSC 949
- Bench
- Justice Aravind Kumar and Justice Vipul M. Pancholi
- Date of Judgment
- September 3, 2026
- Area of Law
- Service Law, Caste Verification, Constitutional Law, Article 142
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