Karnataka High Court Upholds Caste Certificate Cancellation for SC/ST Benefits — Burden of Proof on Claimant to Establish Caste Status. The court held that the Assistant Commissioner has jurisdiction to cancel a caste certificate under the Karnataka SC, ST and OBC (Regulation of Issue and Verification of Certificates) Act, 2000, and the burden of proof lies on the claimant....
The case involves four writ appeals filed by appellants who claimed to belong to Scheduled Castes (SCs) and sought to challenge the cancellation of their caste certificates by the Assistant Commission...




