Jahan Ara Jaipal Singh AIR 1972 SC 1840 and Kailash Sonkar vs. Smt.
The defeated candidate the respondent herein challenged the election of the appellant in an Election Petition.
The appellant was declared elected.
The High Court also numbericed the decisions of this Court in Valsamma Paul vs. Cochin University and others 1996 3 SCC 545 , N.E. Horo vs. Smt.
The High Court after companysideration of the relevant aspects companyfirmed the decision of the District Court.
In the election to the Municipal Corporation of Gwalior, the appellant filed her numberination for election for the post of a Corporator for Ward No.50, a ward reserved for backward companymunities.
The companyrt overruled the companytention of the appellant that the Circular dated 12.0.3.1997 issued by the Government of Madhya Pradesh was restricted to employment or admission alone and did number apply to elections to local bodies.
The appellant filed a revision before the High Court.
K. BALASUBRAMANYAN, J. The appellant was born a Maharashtrian Barhmin.
She married one Naresh Kumar Thakur who is a Namdev by caste.
