Supreme Court of India

Punjab Rao v. D. P. Meshram & Otiiers

Neutral citation
Reported as [1965] 1 S.C.R. 849
Bench P.B. Gajendragadkar J.
Decided 26 October 1964

INSC stands for INDIAN SUPREME COURT. A neutral citation scheme assigned by the Court itself, so a judgment can be cited without depending on a commercial law reporter. INSC is the neutral citation scheme assigned by the Supreme Court, so a judgment can be cited without depending on a commercial law reporter.

2 Supreme Court benches have cited this judgment.

What the Court ordered

For the foregoing reasons we are satisfied that responder.I No.

Judgment, page 12

From the headnote

Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order, 1950 Para 3-"Profess", mean­ ing of-Hindu-If includes Buddhist. The appellant challenged the election of the !st respondent to the Legislative Assembly on the ground that the latter had embraced Buddhism and had ceased to be a member of a Scheduled caste within the meaning of the Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order, 1950, and was thus disentitled from being a candidate for the particular seat. The Election Tribunal upheld the contention and set aside the election. On appeal, the High Court held that the conversion of the !st respondent to Buddhism had

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 1 followed · 1 referred to

Sign in free to read it

  • The full judgment, page by page, as published in the Supreme Court Reports
  • The ratio: what the Court held, verbatim, with the page it sits on
  • Every bench that relied on it, and every bench that argued against it
  • Search every reported judgment, by party, citation or question
  • Download the PDF, copy pinpoint citations ready for a filing
Sign in to read - for free

An email address, no password.