Supreme Court · 1983 INSC 190 · Decided 5 December 1983
S. Anbalagan v. B. Devarajan & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1983 INSC 190 · [1984] 1 S.C.R. 973
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 544/1981
- Decided
- 5 December 1983
- Bench
- S. MURTAZA FAZAL ALI, O. CHINNAPPA REDDY, E.S. VENKATARAMIAH (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Representation of the People Act
Headnote
. Jlindu Law......,..Hindu embracing another. religion-whether retains original cast. On recon'version to Hinduism-Whether performance of any particular Ceremony or expiatory rites necessary . Representation of the people Act.-Parllamentary electlon7 Constituency A B c r,eservedfor scheduled D ieconvei'sion to Hinduism belongs to scheduled COS!tS. The first respondent was elected to the Lok Sabha frorri a constituency , which was reserved for the Scheduled Castes, The appellant challanged the election of the first respondent on the ground that he was not a rrien1ber of the Scheduled
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