Supreme Court of India

Prabhudev Mallikarjunaiah v. Ramachandra Veerappa and Anr.

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Reported as [1996] SUPP. 1 S.C.R. 673
Bench K. Ramaswamy, B.L. Hansaria and S.B. Majmudar JJ.
Decided 23 April 1996

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What the Court ordered

We hold that there is no warrant for finding that the appellant belongs to Scheduled Castes entitling him to contest the D election as Scheduled Caste candidate.

Judgment, page 3

From the headnote

Constitution of India, 1950/Representation of the People Act, 1951-Art, 341/S. 116- -Election in constituencies reserved for SC/ST-Presidential Notiftcation-'-Courts cannot give any declaration that the status with synonimous names of castes claimed by the pmty is confirmable to the names specified in the Notification-Assistant Municipal Commissioner issuing Caste Certificate-He has no jurisdiction to issue the certificate and hence cannot be validly acted upon. CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION: Civil Appeal No. 4247 of 1995. . ]) From the Judgment and Order dated 27.10.94 of the Karnataka High

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