Supreme Court · 1974 INSC 262 · Decided 4 December 1974
Ganpat v. Returning Officer & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1974 INSC 262 · [1975] 2 S.C.R. 923
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 348/1973
- Decided
- 4 December 1974
- Bench
- A. ALAGIRISWAMI, R.S. SARKARIA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
v. RETURNING OFFICER & ORS. December 4, 1974 R [A. ALAGIRISWAMI AND R. S. SARKARIA JJ.] Electio11-Member of Scheduled Caste-Al/egatio11 that relllrned cmu/ic/at1! hecC1me a convert to B11ddlrism-Proo/. c D E F G In the election to the State Legislative Assembly to fill 11p a seat reserved respondent ceased to be a Hindu having been converted to B11ddhism. The High Court dismissed the election p.>tition. Dismissing the appeal to this Court, JI ELD : (1} The second respondent was a well known Doctor in Nagpur, .the appellant belonged to Nagpur and they belonged to scheduled castes
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