Supreme Court of India

Zile Singh v. State of Haryana and Ors.

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Reported as [2004] SUPP. 5 S.C.R. 272

Bench R.C. Lahoti, G.P. Mathur and P.K. Balasubramanyan JJ.

Decided 7 October 2004

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What the Court ordered

We hold that Sunil Kumar Rana's case has been correctly decided.

Judgment, page 15

From the headnote

Haryana Municipal Act, 1973: Section 13A(J)(c)(as inserted by Haryana Municipal (Amendment) Act, 1994 (Act No.3of1994) and amended by Haryana Municipal (Second Amendment) Act, 1994 (Act No.15 of 1994) Disqualification for being member of Municipality-On having more than two children-However, proviso to the effect that person having more than two children on or after expiry of one year of commencement of the Act 5. 4. 1994 not disqualified-Substitution of word 'upto' for word 'after' by Second Amendment on 4. 10. 1994-Nature of Amendment-Held: Second Amendment alters the text of First

Authorities it was built on

1968 Koteswar Vittal Kamath v. K. Rangappa Baliga & Co. cited by 14
1996 State of Ratasthan v. Mangilal Pindwal cited by 9

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2022 University of Kerala and Ors. Etc. v. Merlin J. N. and Anr. Etc. Etc. referred to
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2022 Securities and Exchange Board of India v. Sunil Krishna Khaitan and Others referred to
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2017 State of Bihar & Ors. v. Ramesh Prasad Verma (dead) Thr. Lrs. referred to

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