In a significant judgement, the Madras High Court recently said that no caste can claim ownership of a temple, which could be worshipped, managed, and administered by all devotees, reported LiveLaw. It also said that administering a temple by a particular caste is not a religious practice that could be protected under Article 25 and Article 26 of the Constitution. …
The Supreme Court today, in a crucial judgment pronounced by it, opined that in cases where the scrutiny committee has decided the validation of the caste claim, the Courts should refrain from interfering unless the committee's decision suffers from any perversity. “Once the Scrutiny Committee after hearing the contesting parties and evaluating the documents on record reached on conclusion based …
The Bombay High Court has reiterated that once caste validity certificate is granted on proper scrutiny to close blood relations, it ought to be relied upon for verifying caste claim of other blood relations from the paternal side.The bench of Justice Anoop Mohta and Justice Manish Pitale was hearing a writ petition filed by two brothers, Mukesh Bastav and Vilas …
Upholding the decision of the Supreme Court in Anand vs Committee for Scrutiny and Verification of Tribe Claims and Ors, the Bombay High Court has held that pre-constitutional documents have a higher degree of probative value while considering the caste claim of a candidate.A bench of Justice BR Gavai and Justice Anuja Prabhudessai was hearing a writ petition filed by …
Quashing and setting aside an order passed by the Caste Scrutiny Committee, which invalidated the caste claim of the petitioner, the Bombay High Court has said such claim cannot be decided on the basis of his surname.A division bench of Justice AS Oka and Justice Vibha Kankanwadi allowed the writ petition and ordered the Caste Committee to call for a …
