A PIL filed by the Syngkhong Rympei Thymmai Society (SRT) has been admitted by a division bench of the Meghalaya High Court—Chief Justice I. P. Mukerji and Justice W. Diengdoh—on June 27, 2025 . The petition challenges the state government’s practice of denying Scheduled Tribe certificates to Khasi individuals who adopt their father’s or husband’s surname, arguing that the choice of surname should not affect eligibility under the Khasi Hills Autonomous District (Khasi Social Custom of Lineage) Act, 1997

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