https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=303260 Section 9A's six-month deadline for producing a Validity Certificate is mandatory where a candidate relies on the conditional exemption from filing it with the nomination paper. The statutory undertaking, mandatory language and express deeming provision require automatic retrospective termination of the election and disqualification on default; subsequent validation of the caste claim does not cure that consequence. Section 10(4) of the Caste Certificate Act does not override this special scheme. A Larger Bench reference may be made for important legal questions even without an express conflict between coordinate Benches. Summary dismissal of a special leave petition does not affirm the earlier reasoning on merits or create merger. en-us Fri, 09 Dec 2016 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 12 Jul 2022 09:12:21 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=303260 Section 9A's six-month deadline for producing a Validity Certificate is mandatory where a candidate relies on the conditional exemption from filing it with the nomination paper. The statutory undertaking, mandatory language and express deeming provision require automatic retrospective termination of the election and disqualification on default; subsequent validation of the caste claim does not cure that consequence. Section 10(4) of the Caste Certificate Act does not override this special scheme. A Larger Bench reference may be made for important legal questions even without an express conflict between coordinate Benches. Summary dismissal of a special leave petition does not affirm the earlier reasoning on merits or create merger. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 09 Dec 2016 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=303260