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The Times of India
The Times of India
National
Swati Deshpande | TNN

Bombay HC directs issuance of caste certificate to adopted minor on single mother's plea

MUMBAI: In a relief to a single woman who had adopted a child, Bombay high court on Women’s Day granted her plea to have a caste certificate issued for her minor son.

The single parent, a 44-year-old doctor, had challenged a 2016 refusal by a deputy district collector at Dharavi division to issue the caste certificate and a November 2017 order by District Caste Certificate Scrutiny Committee in Mumbai that upheld the denial.

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