Supreme Court · 2007 INSC 1212 · Decided 30 November 2007
Deshraj v. Bodhraj
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2007 INSC 1212 · [2007] 12 S.C.R. 757
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 4676/2005
- Decided
- 30 November 2007
- Bench
- K.G. BALAKRISHNAN, R.V. RAVEENDRAN (2-judge bench)
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Evidence Act Section 72; Constitution Article 173; Representation of the People Act Section 5, 173
Headnote
A v. BODHRAJ NOVEMBER 30, 2007 [K.G. BALAKRISHNAN, CJ AND R.V. RA VEENDRAN, J.] B Representation of the People Act, 1951: ss. 5 and JOO(l)(a)-Election in State Assembly Constituency C reserved for Scheduled castes-Election of returned of candidate challenged on the ground that he did not belong is shown in a proceeding D challenging his election, as not belonging to a Scheduled Caste, his election is liable to be declared as void:_On facts, from the oral and documentary evidence adduced by the election-petitioner, it has been established that the returned candidate did not belong to
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