Bombay High Court Allows Petition Challenging Caste Certificate Invalidation — Documents Prevail Over Affinity Test in Halba Scheduled Tribe Claim. Oldest documents from 1949 consistently record caste as Halba/Halbi, and Scrutiny Committee's reliance on affinity test without disbelieving documents is unsustainable....
The petitioner, Vijay Ramrao Dhakite, a lecturer at Nagar Parishad Polytechnic Institute, Achalpur, challenged the order of the Scheduled Tribes Caste Certificate Scrutiny Committee, Amravati, dated 1...




