Section 9 - Maharashra Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Denotified Tribes (Vimukta Jatis), Nomadic Tribes, OBCs and SBC (Regulation of Issuance and Verification of) Caste Certificates Act 2000 - Scope of powers of Caste Scrutiny Committee

Point

In this decision, the Hon'ble Bombay High Court ruled that the Caste Scrutiny, on it's own, does not have power to declare that a particular person belongs to a particular caste.

It is adequacy of evidence, placed on record, that decides whether a particular person belongs to a particular caste.  It only entitles the Caste Scrutiny Committee to validate / invalidate the caste certificate of such candidate accordingly.

Citation
2006 (6) ALL. M. R. 605

[ALL. M. R. = All Maharashtra Reports]