https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=272723 A party asserting Scheduled Caste status for a reserved constituency must prove the special facts within his exclusive knowledge by the best available evidence; where the parents were shown to be Kurmi and the alleged inter-caste or Pasi lineage was not proved, an adverse inference followed from non-production of the father and mother. On the nomination issue, receipt of complaints, grave doubts over the caste certificate, an inquiry report and an FIR made acceptance of the nomination unsustainable. The election was set aside and a fresh election ordered, with costs. en-us Tue, 19 Aug 2003 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 15 May 2018 12:03:08 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=272723 A party asserting Scheduled Caste status for a reserved constituency must prove the special facts within his exclusive knowledge by the best available evidence; where the parents were shown to be Kurmi and the alleged inter-caste or Pasi lineage was not proved, an adverse inference followed from non-production of the father and mother. On the nomination issue, receipt of complaints, grave doubts over the caste certificate, an inquiry report and an FIR made acceptance of the nomination unsustainable. The election was set aside and a fresh election ordered, with costs. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 19 Aug 2003 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=272723