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.
3 Jul 2019The case involves four writ appeals filed by appellants who claimed to belong to Scheduled Castes (SCs) and sought to challenge the cancellation of th...





