Bar and Bench

Person can be Lingayat by religious affiliation and Ganiga by caste: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court recently dismissed a writ petition by a police constable challenging a caste validity certificate issued to a police sub-inspector and ...

Congress Condemns Maha Govt's Move To 'Cancel' Old Decisions On 5 Per Cent Quota To Muslim Community

Congress Condemns Maha Govt's Move To 'Cancel' Old Decisions On 5 Per Cent Quota To Muslim Community. Mumbai, Feb 18 (IANS) ...
The Free Press Journal

'Adopted Child Acquires Caste Of Adoptive Parents If Biological Parents Unknown': Bombay HC

The court set aside orders cancelling a Special Backward Category (SBC) caste certificate issued to an abandoned child who was later legally adopted. Mumbai: Bombay HC Dismisses Developer’s Plea, ...
Hindustan Times

Adopted child entitled to take adoptive parent’s caste: HC

MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court on Friday held that an adopted child is entitled to take the caste of his or her adoptive parents and ordered revenue authorities to issue a Special Backward Class ...