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Raised by scheduled caste mother, student seeks her caste status; Bombay HC says no
MUMBAI: Bombay high court recently dismissed a petition filed by student born to an inter-caste couple who wanted to be declared as a Scheduled Caste on his mother's side.
His parents were divorced when he was a minor, and he was raised by his mother.
A district caste scrutiny committee denied his claim last April, against which he moved HC.
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A two-judge bench of Justices Revati Mohit Dere and Neela Gokhale on June 20 found no merit in his plea and dismissed it. HC reviewed the committee's order and noted that it relied on vigilance reports before concluding that "there was no evidence brought on record by the student, now a major, to demonstrate that by virtue of his mother being a member of the Scheduled Caste, he suffered deprivations, indignities, humiliation, and any other challenges normally suffered by a person belonging to an SC community.
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"His maternal grandparents also do not appear to be living in a backward area, nor are their living conditions bereft of basic necessities, food, clean water, sanitation, and health care. Their lifestyle is satisfactory.
There have been a series of judgments by the Apex Court on the issue, HC had noted earlier when it held that for a person born to parents belonging to different castes, especially when the father belongs to the upper caste community and the mother to an SC community, shabby treatment or humiliation has to be demonstrated to attract the certificate.
