Supreme Court · 2009 INSC 552 · Decided 17 April 2009
Kurapati Maria Das v. DR. Ambedkar Seva Samajan & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2009 INSC 552 · [2009] 6 S.C.R. 498
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 2617/2009
- Decided
- 17 April 2009
- Bench
- TARUN CHATTERJEE, V.S. SIRPURKAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 243ZG(b)
Headnote
Al Writ jurisdiction: Writ of quo warranto - Challenging the election of appellant as Councilor/Chairperson on the ground ..... c that the office of Councilor/Chairperson was reserved for Scheduled Caste and appellant got himself elected by making false claim of being member of Scheduled Caste - petition - On appeal, held: It was not for High Court to enter into the disputed question of fact D regarding the caste status of appellant - The two caste certificates obtained by appellant were valid and genuine and were not cancelled under section 5 of 1993 Act- High Court exceeded its
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