Supreme Court · 2005 INSC 605 · Decided 8 December 2005
Meera Kanwaria v. Sunita and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2005 INSC 605 · [2005] SUPP. 5 S.C.R. 650
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 7306/2005
- Decided
- 8 December 2005
- Bench
- S.B. SINHA, P.K. BALASUBRAMANYAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Evidence Act; Constitution Article 15(4), 16(4), 330, 332
Headnote
Constitution of India, 1950-Articles 15(4), 16(4), 330 and 332- Status of Scheduled Caste-Claim-For the purpose of contesting election for Municipal Corporation on reserved seat-By a candidate belonging to C upper class Hindu by birth and acquiring status of Scheduled Caste by marriage-Marriage basis of her being Scheduled Caste by birth found to have been issued on wrong declaration-Held: A person who is a high caste Hindu and not subjected to any social or D educational backwardeness, cannot ipso facto become a member of Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe by reason of marriage
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