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Benedict Denis Kinny v. Tulip Brian Miranda & Ors.

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Reported as [2020] 8 S.C.R. 1080
Bench Ashok Bhushan and Navin Sinha JJ.
Decided 19 March 2020

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Constitution of India – Art. 226 – Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act, 1888 – s. 5B – In one civil appeal, the resp ondent and appellant contested the election on the seat of counsellor in Mumbai Municipal Corporation reserved for backward class citiz ens – s.5B of the 1888 Act required the candidate to submit caste val idity certificate on the date of filing nomination paper – It is provided in the second proviso to s.5B that if a person fails t o produce the validity certificate within a period of six months (now tw elve months) from the date of election, the election shall be deemed to have

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