Supreme Court of India

Lilly Kutty v. Scrutiny Committee, S.C. and S.T. and Ors.

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Reported as [2005] SUPP. 4 S.C.R. 87
Bench S.B. Sinha and C.K. Thakker JJ.
Decided 6 October 2005

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What the Court ordered

For the foregoing reasons, the appeal deserves to be dismissed and is accordingly dismissed.

Judgment, page 15

From the headnote

Constitution of India-Articles l 4, l 36, 34 l and 342-Kerala (Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes) Regulations of Issue of Community Certificate Act, 1996-Seclions 8, 9, JO, 12, 16, 17 and 26-Appellant, claimed to be a Scheduled Caste on basis of a Caste Certificate, contested and won the election for office of the President of Gram Panc/:zayat reserved for Scheduled Caste­ Comp/aint under the Act by rival candidate challenging the caste status and eligibility of the appellant to contest the election-Caste Scrutiny Committee recording a finding that the appellant do not belong to Scheduled

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