Supreme Court of India
Meera Kanwaria v. Sunita and Ors.
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Constitution of India, 1950-Articles 15(4), 16(4), 330 and 332- Status of Scheduled Caste-Claim-For the purpose of contesting election for Municipal Corporation on reserved seat-By a candidate belonging to upper class Hindu by birth and acquiring status of Scheduled Caste by marriage-Marriage accepted by elders of family-No proof of acceptance thereof by the community-Certificate on the basis of her being Scheduled Caste by birth found to have been issued on wrong declaration-Held: person who is a high caste Hindu and not subjected to any social or educational backwardeness, cannot ipso facto
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