Vinit Narsimlu Mokmod v. the State of Maharashtra and Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Hundreds of writ petitions challenged scrutiny committee orders invalidating scheduled tribe certificates because of inadvertent spelling errors in the tribe's name by the issuing authority. The High Court held such hyper-technical rejection impermissible, quashed the invalidation orders and directed correction and verification on merits.
What did the court decide?
Invalidation orders quashed; certificates returned; competent authorities directed to issue corrected tribe certificates within four weeks without fresh enquiry; committee to verify claims on merits w