Bombay High Court Dismisses Letters Patent Appeal in Caste Certificate Validity Case — Confirms Cancellation of Caste Certificate for Failure to Prove Belonging to Scheduled Tribe. The Court held that the burden of proof lies on the claimant to establish caste status and that the Scrutiny Committee's findings based on documentary evidence and affinity test are final unless perverse.
6 May 2016The appellant, Vishwas Laxman Bhagat, filed a Letters Patent Appeal against the judgment of a learned Single Judge of the Bombay High Court, which had...
