Recently, the Karnataka High court ruled that if a person who does not belong to SC-ST castes obtains a false caste certificate, they cannot be booked u/s 3(1)(x) of the SC-ST Act. A Bench of Justice Harish Kumar further observed that the provision can’t be invoked in the charge sheet even if it is assumed
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