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Punit Rai v. Dinesh Chaudhary

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Reported as [2003] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 743
Bench V.N. Khare, Brijesh Kumar and S.B. Sinha JJ.
Decided 19 August 2003

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What the Court ordered

In the result, the appeal is allowed with costs and the judgment and order passed by the High Court is set aside, as well as the election of the Respondent to 204 Fatua Assembly Constituency of State of Bihar.

Judgment, page 16

From the headnote

Election Laws: State Assembly Election-Reserved Constituency-Returned candidate- Challenged on the ground that the returned candidate not belonging to Scheduled Caste-Dismissed by the High Court-On appeal, Held: Returning Officer entertaining grave doubt about the caste of the respondent and initiated criminal proceedings against him but accepted the nomination paper-Such acceptance was improper-Facts regarding second marriage of his father with his mother, a Scheduled Caste woman, was within his special knowledge yet he failed to produce his parents as his witnesses-It is not appropriate to

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Of those, 1 relied on · 6 referred to · 1 not applicable

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