Supreme Court of India

Sau Kusum v. State of Maharashtra & Ors.

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Reported as [2008] 17 S.C.R. 675
Bench S.B. Sinha and Cyriac Joseph JJ.
Decided 16 December 2008

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We are of the opinion that the matter requires reconsideration.

Judgment, page 10

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Election - Panchayat elections in State of Maharashtra - Reserved seat - Entitlement to contest - Of migrants to State pursuant to re-organisation thereof - Appellant contested c elections claiming OBC status stating that she belonged to -r' carpenter caste - Family of appellant had purportedly migrated from Madhya Pradesh to Maharashtra, after reorganization of the two States - Election of appellant challenged on ground that she did not belong to OBC - Caste Scrutiny Committee relying upon a Government circular concluded that appellant was not a resident of Maharashtra ; prior to 1967 and

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