Supreme Court of India

Thakur Pratap Singh v. Shri Krishna Gupta and Others.

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Reported as [1955] 2 S.C.R. 1029
Decided 2 December 1955
Status Distinguished

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Jilt!ction Dispute-Rule requiring candidate to state occupati-:m in nomination paper-If mandatory in character-Duty of Court­ Central Provinces and Berar Municipalities Act (II) of 1952, ss. 9(1) (iii) (c), 23. The appellant was a candidate for the office of President of the Municipal Committee, Damoh. The nomination was made in an o\d form under the old rules which required a candidate to enter his caste. Under the new rules this was changed and occupation had to be stated instead, which none except the respondent No. I had done. Objection to the validity of the appellant's nomination paper

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