Supreme Court · 2022 INSC 1178 · Decided 7 November 2022
MOHD. Abdullah Azam Khan v. Nawab Kazim Ali Khan
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2022 INSC 1178 · [2022] 12 S.C.R. 391
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 104/2020
- Decided
- 7 November 2022
- Bench
- AJAY RASTOGI, B.V. NAGARATHNA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Evidence Act Section 35, 101to106, 21; Constitution Article 173(b); Registration Act Section 13(3)
Headnote
Constitution of India, 1950 - Art.173(b) - Breach of - Qualification for membership of the State Legislature - Age criteria for contesting State Legislative Assembly elections - Discrepancy in date of birth - Burden of proof - Public documents - of appellant showing date of birth at two different places and on two different dates, namely, one on 01.01.1993 at Rampur and another on 30.09.1990 at Lucknow - Elections took place for Uttar Pradesh State Legislative Assembly during January-March 2017 - Appellant was declared
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