Supreme Court of India
Dewan Joynal Abedin v. Abdul Wazed Alias Abdul Wazad Miah and Two Others.
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What the Court ordered
We hold that the Ist respondent was not holding an office of profit when he was a lessee under the Ferries Act just like an Excise contractor or a fair price shop dealer who sells grains supplied by Government is not such a holder of office of profit.
Judgment, page 18
From the headnote
Representation of the People Act, 1951: Section 9- -Elec tion-Disqualification on account of Government contract-Lease of ferry tolls under Sec. 8 of Northern India Ferries Act, 1878-Whether such contract an agreement for execution of works-Whether amounts to office of profit. Northern India Ferries Act, 1878: Section 8-'Contractor' Acquiring lease under Act-Nature of contract-Whether a works contract-Whether contractor holds 'office of profit'-Whether disen titled under the Representation of the People Act to stand for and contest an election to the House of People or the State Assembly.
Where later benches applied it
- 2013 M/s. Larsen & Toubro Limited & Anr. v. State of Karnataka & Anr.
- 2013 Mahadeo S/o Kerba Maske v. State of Maharashtra and Anr.
- 2006 Shrikant v. Vasantrao and Ors.
- 2002 Prakash Khandre v. Dr. Vijay Kumar Khandre and Ors.
- 2001 Kartar Singh Bhadana v. Hari Singh Nalwa and Ors.
- 1999 Somnath Rath v. Bikram K. Arukh and Ors.
- 1999 Ranjit Singh v. Harmohinder Singh Pradhan
Of those, 7 mentioned
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