Supreme Court · 2011 INSC 390 · Decided 12 May 2011
Kodikunnil Suresh @ J. Monian v. N.S. Saji Kumar, ETC. ETC.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2011 INSC 390 · [2011] 7 S.C.R. 640
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 6391/2010
- Decided
- 12 May 2011
- Bench
- ALTAMAS KABIR, A.K. PATNAIK (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Evidence Act Section 3, 35; Constitution
Headnote
Representation of People Act, 1951: s.100(1)(a) - Election of appellant to the House of People from the C Mavelikkara Parliamentary Constituency reserved for the Scheduled Castes - Challenged on the ground that the appellant was a Christian and not a Scheduled Caste and therefore, not qualified to a seat in the House of People u/s.4(a) of the Act - High Court declared his o election void u/s.100(1)(a) of the Act - On appeal, held: The father of the appellant originally was a member of the Cheramar caste which was admittedly a Scheduled Caste in the State of Kera/a - His father due to
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