Justice Abhay S Oka, Justice Sanjay Kaul, and Justice Manoj Misra
Litigation News
Affinity test not a conclusive test to decide caste validity claim: Supreme Court
The Court said that person who has stayed in an urban area might not be aware of the customs, rituals which are factors used in affinity test.
An affinity test is not a conclusive test to decide caste claim and is not an essential part of the verification process of the caste/tribe claims, the Supreme Court held on Friday [Mah Adiwasi Thakur Jamat Swarakshan Samiti vs State of Maharashtra and ors].