Supreme Court · 1975 INSC 335 · Decided 19 December 1975
G.M. Arumugam v. S. Rajgopal & Others
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1975 INSC 335 · [1976] 3 S.C.R. 82
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1171/1973
- Decided
- 19 December 1975
- Bench
- Y.V. CHANDRACHUD, P.N. BHAGWATI, R.S. SARKARIA (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- CPC; Constitution Article 2, 3
Headnote
Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order, 1950, Paras 2 and 3-Adi Dravida, l·o111'ertcd to Clnislia11ity and reconverted to Hinduisn1-lf and wlu'n could be treated as Adi Dravida. When conversion affects caste. Code of Civil Procedure (Act 5 of 1908) s. .iboiil caste of a candidat€ in one 11-Res judicata-Dec1sio11 if res~judicata lVhen question In the 1967 election to the State Legislative Assembly, the appellant and the 1st respondent clai1ning to be Adi Dravidas, stood as candidates for a seat reserved for Scheduled Castes. The respondent was declared elected. The ap­
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