Supreme Court · 2018 INSC 213 · Decided 6 March 2018
Bharati Reddy v. The State of Karnataka & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2018 INSC 213 · [2018] 3 S.C.R. 137
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1763/2018
- Decided
- 6 March 2018
- Bench
- DIPAK MISRA, D.Y. CHANDRACHUD, A.M. KHANWILKAR (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 226
Headnote
Constitution of India: Art. 226 - Writ of quo warranto - Issuance of, when - On facts, appellant got elected to the post of Adhyaksha of Zilla Panchayat - Writ petition before the High Court alleging that the appellant played fraud on the government by submitting a false and Caste Certificate - Prayer seeking issuance of writ of quo warranto directing appellant to vacate the office of Adhyaksha, allowed by the Single Judge and the Division Bench of the High Court - As regards the Income and Caste Certificate, directions to Caste Verification
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