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

The State of Maharashtra appealed against a High Court order that had set aside the cancellation of a Scheduled Tribe (ST) certificate issued to Ravi Prakash BabulalSing Parmar, holding that the Caste Scrutiny Committee lacked jurisdiction to inquire into the validity of the certificate and could only consider document…

The case concerned the interpretation of the Maharashtra Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, De‑notified Tribes, Nomadic Tribes, Other Backward Classes and Special Backward Category (Regulation of Issuance and Verification of) Caste Certificate Act, 2000 and the related 2003 and 2012 Rules. The petitioner challenged th…

Anand, a field officer appointed on a Scheduled Tribe reservation, sought validation of his Halbi tribe status after his caste certificate was cancelled by the Caste Scrutiny Committee and upheld by the High Court. He had submitted numerous pre‑Independence school certificates and other documents showing his relatives …

The case concerned Sudhir Vilas Kalel (Appellant No.1), who was elected to a reserved OBC seat in Jambulani Gram Panchayat but failed to obtain a Validity Certificate for his caste certificate within the statutory twelve‑month period, leading to his automatic disqualification. He later obtained the certificate after re…

The appellant, Navneet Kaur, contested the validity of her "Mochi" Scheduled Caste certificate that had been approved by the Maharashtra Scrutiny Committee in 2017, after her election to a reserved parliamentary seat was challenged on grounds of alleged fraud. The High Court, exercising its writ jurisdiction under Arti…

The case concerned the validity of caste certificates issued under a 30 July 2011 notification that created district‑level Caste Scrutiny Committees to verify certificates for local body elections. The High Court had quashed the notification, directing recovery and destruction of the certificates, but the order was sta…