Supreme Court · 1972 INSC 41 · Decided 2 February 1972
N. E. Horo v. Jahan Ara Jaipal Singh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1972 INSC 41 · [1972] 3 S.C.R. 361
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 909/1971
- Decided
- 2 February 1972
- Bench
- A.N. GROVER, M. HAMEEDULLAH BEG (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution; Representation of the People Act Section 82(b)
Headnote
361 Representation of the People Act (43 of 1951), s. 123(2) and (7)­ Scope of. Customary Law-Mundas-Marriage between Munda male and a non-­ Munda-Whether wife becomes a Munda. The respondent, who was a Tamil by birth and Christian by religion, had married a member of the Munda Schedule Lok Sabha, she stood for election from a Parliamentary (Schedule Tribe) Constituencr in the State. Another candidate B filed objections to her nomination that she was not a Munda and her nomination was rejected by the Retumin& Officer, ~nd the appellant was elected. She filed an Election
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