“Non-existent technicalities” cannot cost a Scheduled Caste doctor her place, the Patna High Court has said, holding that a caste certificate bearing her husband’s name in place of her father’s is no ground to push her into the general category. Patna: The Patna High Court has upheld a Single Judge’s direction to the Bihar Public […]
Who declares a person’s caste in Census 2027, and who checks it? The Supreme Court wants the Union’s standing operating procedure on record before it goes further. New Delhi: Asking the Union government to place before it the standing operating procedure (SOP) followed for data collection under Census 2027, the Supreme Court on Monday heard […]
Justice Saugata Bhattacharyya of the Calcutta High Court has dismissed a writ petition by Tumpa Biswas alias Tumpa Roy questioning Bongaon Police Station FIR No. 703/2026, filed on an advocate’s complaint alleging fraudulent procurement and use of a Scheduled Caste certificate, holding there is no express bar on such a complaint, leaving her to seek pre-arrest bail if she fears arrest.
The Madras High Court has dismissed the petitions of a retired Chennai Port Trust employee whose Scheduled Tribe status was invalidated by the State Level Scrutiny Committee and whose full pension and terminal benefits were withheld. Following the Full Bench in R. Gurusamy and the Supreme Court in Jagdish Balaram Bahira, the Court held that a community certificate may be verified even after retirement and regardless of a pre-1995 appointment, and that protecting benefits secured on an invalidated claim would perpetuate a fraud on the Constitution.
The Allahabad High Court accepted that conversion does not automatically extinguish Scheduled Tribe status, which remains a question of fact, but dismissed a woman’s petitions after finding she had not produced material showing continuing Bhuiyan customs, community participation and acceptance on the dates of three land purchases.
The Andhra Pradesh High Court ruled that individuals lose their Scheduled Caste (SC) status upon converting to Christianity, disqualifying them from protections under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. This decision emerged from a case involving Pastor Chintada Anand, who alleged discrimination despite his conversion over ten years ago.
The Delhi High Court ruled that denying a caste certificate to a boy due to the absence of a formal divorce decree from his estranged father was unacceptable. Justice Sanjeev Narula emphasized that children of abandoned mothers should not be penalized, directing authorities to reconsider the boy’s application without paternal documentation.
The Delhi High Court today (28th Nov) granted anticipatory bail to Bobi Kinner, the first transgender MCD Councillor, in a forgery case involving a fraudulent caste certificate. Justice Amit Mahajan mandated a personal bond of Rs 25,000 for her release and scheduled a February 2025 hearing to contest the FIR linked to the allegations.
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The Delhi High Court ruled that migrants in Delhi cannot be denied reservation benefits based solely on out-of-state caste certificates. This decision, supporting a candidate’s eligibility for a ‘Staff Nurse’ position, emphasized the city’s inclusive nature and condemned discrimination against scheduled caste candidates based on the origin of their caste certificates.
