Bombay High Court Quashes Caste Scrutiny Committee’s Review Orders, Holds No Power to Review Once Caste Validity Certificate Issued. The Committee, Being a Statutory Body Under the Maharashtra Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, De-notified Tribes (Vimukta Jatis), Nomadic Tribes, Other Backward Classes and Special Backward Category (Regulation of Issuance and Verification of) Caste Certificate Act, 2000, Lacks Jurisdiction to Review Its Own Final Orders Granting Validity....
These four writ petitions under Article 226 of the Constitution of India were directed against orders passed by the Caste Scrutiny Committee, Pune, by which it reviewed and set aside its earlier order...
