In a major relief to former chief minister Ajit Jogi, Chhattisgarh High Court on Tuesday discarded the findings of a high-powered caste scrutiny committee that examined the authenticity of his claim of belonging to a tribal community on the basis of which his tribal caste certificate was cancelled.
The High Court has ordered for setting up a fresh high-powered committee to look into the caste status of Jogi who broke away from Congress last year and formed a new political party to contest assembly polls in the state scheduled later this year.
The bench of chief justice T B Radhakrishnan and Justice Sharad Kumar Gupta passed the judgement on a petition filed by Jogi, who challenged the high powered committee, its constitution and other aspects after the state government cancelled his caste certificate in June last year.
