https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=236271 A stranger without personal legal injury generally lacks locus standi to challenge a caste validity certificate, and public interest alone does not usually confer standing in service-related disputes. The text further states that caste scrutiny proceedings must comply with natural justice, including an effective opportunity to cross-examine witnesses whose evidence is relied upon. It also emphasises that affidavits and untested documents cannot, by themselves, sustain adverse findings on disputed facts where cross-examination is denied. On that basis, the challenge by the third party was treated as not maintainable, and the scrutiny process was required to proceed only after deciding pending applications and allowing fair cross-examination. en-us Thu, 08 Nov 2012 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 13 Aug 2025 10:46:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=236271 A stranger without personal legal injury generally lacks locus standi to challenge a caste validity certificate, and public interest alone does not usually confer standing in service-related disputes. The text further states that caste scrutiny proceedings must comply with natural justice, including an effective opportunity to cross-examine witnesses whose evidence is relied upon. It also emphasises that affidavits and untested documents cannot, by themselves, sustain adverse findings on disputed facts where cross-examination is denied. On that basis, the challenge by the third party was treated as not maintainable, and the scrutiny process was required to proceed only after deciding pending applications and allowing fair cross-examination. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 08 Nov 2012 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=236271