Supreme Court of India

Purno Agitok Sangma v. Pranab Mukherjee

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Reported as [2012] 11 S.C.R. 585
Bench Altamas Kabir, P. Sathasivam, Surinder Singh Nijjar, J. Chelameswar and Ranjan Gogoi JJ.
Decided 11 December 2012

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Constitution of India, 1950: c Art. 58(2) - Qualifications for election as President of India - Expression 'office of profit' - Connotation of - Respondent holding office of Chairman of Council of Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata - Held (Per majority): In order to be an office of profit, the office must carry pecuniary benefits or must be capable of yielding pecuniary benefits, which is not so in respect of Chairman, /SI - It was not such a post, which was capable of yielding any profit so as to make it, in fact, an office of profit- In any event, by the 2006 amendment to s. 3 of the

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