Chennai: The issue of legal validity of verifying the community certificate or caste status of a govt employee after retirement from service is to be considered by a larger bench of Madras high court.

Children of single mothers from other backward classes should be entitled to OBC certificates irrespective of the parents’ marital status, the Centre has told the Supreme Court, adding that it was for ...

The Indian Railways is concerned over the inordinate delay in verifying the genuineness of Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe/Other Backwards Classes certificates of employees. In a note sent to General ...

In a rare and sensitive intervention, the Supreme Court on Monday allowed a minor girl to be issued a Scheduled Caste (SC) certificate based on her mother’s caste, prioritising the child’s education ...

The Supreme Court has allowed an SC certificate for a minor based on her mother's caste, even though her father is non-SC. This decision, made to prevent academic hardship, raises questions about ...

VIJAYAWADA: The Andhra Pradesh High Court has made it clear that the burden of proving that the individual does not belong to the claimed caste rests with the authorities themselves when government ...

The Supreme Court on Monday approved the issuance of SC certificate based on the 'Adi Dravida' caste of her mother and not her father. A bench of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justic Joymalya ...