https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=297945 A reserved-category candidate under municipal election law must furnish both the caste certificate and the caste validity certificate, subject only to a limited proviso allowing nomination without the validity certificate if proof of application before the Scrutiny Committee and an undertaking to submit it within six months are provided. The proviso is mandatory, not directory, because the statutory text expressly states that failure to produce the certificate within that period results in retrospective termination of the election and disqualification. The later deletion and reintroduction of the proviso reinforce that the legislature intended strict compliance, and individual hardship cannot override the plain mandate. en-us Thu, 23 Aug 2018 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 01 Oct 2021 08:32:50 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=297945 A reserved-category candidate under municipal election law must furnish both the caste certificate and the caste validity certificate, subject only to a limited proviso allowing nomination without the validity certificate if proof of application before the Scrutiny Committee and an undertaking to submit it within six months are provided. The proviso is mandatory, not directory, because the statutory text expressly states that failure to produce the certificate within that period results in retrospective termination of the election and disqualification. The later deletion and reintroduction of the proviso reinforce that the legislature intended strict compliance, and individual hardship cannot override the plain mandate. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 23 Aug 2018 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=297945