Supreme Court of India
Prabhudev Mallikarjunaiah v. Ramachandra Veerappa and Anr.
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What the Court ordered
We hold that there is no warrant for finding that the appellant belongs to Scheduled Castes entitling him to contest the D election as Scheduled Caste candidate.
Judgment, page 3
From the headnote
Constitution of India, 1950/Representation of the People Act, 1951-Art, 341/S. 116- -Election in constituencies reserved for SC/ST-Presidential Notiftcation-'-Courts cannot give any declaration that the status with synonimous names of castes claimed by the pmty is confirmable to the names specified in the Notification-Assistant Municipal Commissioner issuing Caste Certificate-He has no jurisdiction to issue the certificate and hence cannot be validly acted upon.
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