Bombay High Court Allows Writ Petition Challenging Election Tribunal's Order Declaring Election Void — Caste Certificate Validation by Scrutiny Committee Has Retrospective Effect. The court held that the election tribunal ought to have considered the subsequent validation of the caste certificate and that the burden of proof on the election petitioner was not discharged....
The petitioner, Mohammed Ishak Kasim Ali Shaikh, contested the municipal election from Ward No.156 of the Mumbai Municipal Corporation, which was reserved for the Other Backward Class (OBC) community....
