Supreme Court · 1984 INSC 123 · Decided 17 July 1984
Ganu Ram v. Rikhi Ram Kaundal and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1984 INSC 123 · [1985] 1 S.C.R. 63
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 515/1983
- Decided
- 17 July 1984
- Bench
- P.N. BHAGWATI, V. BALAKRISHNA ERADI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Representation of the People Act Section 33(2)
Headnote
Representation Of the People Act, 1951-s, J3(2)-Requiren1e11ts of valid nomination paper-Candidate filing nomination paper y, itho,,t n1akb;g ·declaration prescribed bys. 33(2) on the non1ination forn1 but a11uexb1g rhereto a certificate to the effect that he belonged to scheduled caste-Whe People Act, 195]-:.'. 33(2:-Mu.,f be given liberal and benevolent interpretation. S. 33(2) of the Representation of the People Act requires that when a nomination paper is filed in respect of a reserved seat in any constituency there must be a clear sprcification by the candidate of the parficular
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