Bombay High Court Upholds Caste Scrutiny Committee's Power to Invalidate Tribe Certificates Based on Vigilance Cell Reports — Affirms Requirement of Affinity Test for Scheduled Tribe Claims. The court held that the burden of proof lies on the claimant to establish tribe status and that the committee's decision is subject to limited judicial review.
18 Mar 2015The Bombay High Court at Nagpur disposed of a batch of writ petitions challenging the decisions of the Scheduled Tribe Caste Certificate Scrutiny Comm...






