Supreme Court · 1974 INSC 222 · Decided 4 November 1974
Dilip Kumar Gon v. Durga Prasad Singh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1974 INSC 222 · [1975] 2 S.C.R. 570
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 602/1973
- Decided
- 4 November 1974
- Bench
- A. ALAGIRISWAMI, R.S. SARKARIA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Representation of the People Act Section 33(2)
Headnote
Eh·c1io11-Contes1 .from a general Constituency to seat in State Legislative Assembly~mission to strike ojf 'Scheduled Caste/Tribe' and to fill in candidate's caste iii nomination paper-If defective justifO'ing rejection of nomination paper. In relation to an election to the State caste in the blank meant for that purpose, and (b) he had, left the words 'Sche­ duled Caste' unscored. The Returning Officer rejected his nomination paper on the ground that his failure to d~lete ·the words 'Scheduled Caste' meant that he belonged to the scheduled caste which was
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