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Supreme Court upholds High Court's Quashing of Criminal Proceedings Under SC/ST Act, Holding Conversion to Christianity Does Not entitle Caste-Based Protection.

The appeal arose from a judgment of the High Court of Andhra Pradesh quashing criminal proceedings against accused persons under Section 482 of the Co...

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Bombay High Court Holds Caste Certificate Must Be from Native Place Authority in Scheduled Tribe Claim Case. Full Bench Answers Reference Affirmatively, Overruling Niraj More's View on Jurisdictional Validity of Caste Certificates.

The case arose from a reference made by a Division Bench in Rajendra Thakur v. State of Maharashtra, which disagreed with the earlier Division Bench d...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Petition Challenging Caste Certificates of Private Respondents for Lack of Locus Standi. Third-party challenge to caste validity certificates fails as petitioner had no personal interest or statutory authority under Article 226 of Constitution of India.

The petitioner, Ashok Shinwar Mali, filed a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India before the Bombay High Court seeking a writ o...

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Bombay High Court Allows Writ Petition for Caste Certificate — Limited Scope of Inquiry Under Section 4(1) of Maharashtra Caste Certificate Act. Prima Facie Evidence Sufficient for Issuance of Scheduled Tribe Certificate; Appellate Authority Cannot Conduct Roving Inquiry.

The petitioner, Anand Dhananjay Nalawade, applied for a caste certificate claiming to belong to the Thakur caste, which is notified as a Scheduled Tri...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Petitions Challenging Candidature in Municipal Elections. Court holds that the petitioner failed to establish that the respondent was not a Hindu or that he was not a member of the Scheduled Caste community, and that the Caste Scrutiny Committee's decision was not challenged.

The judgment involves two writ petitions filed by Smt. Chaitrali Prakash Borhade and Prem Seva Mahila Mandal & Anr. challenging the candidature of Raj...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Scrutiny Committee's Invalidation of Halba Tribe Claim for Brothers in Service. Caste Certificate Cancellation Upheld Due to Lack of Evidence of Community Acceptance and Affinity, with Directions for Discharge and Recovery.

The petitioners, Ramesh and Vilas Majrikar, real brothers, were employed in government service based on caste certificates claiming they belong to the...