{"id":10097,"date":"2011-04-18T21:04:47","date_gmt":"2011-04-18T15:34:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=10097"},"modified":"2011-04-18T21:04:47","modified_gmt":"2011-04-18T15:34:47","slug":"caste-doesnt-work-in-court-petitioner-told","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/caste-doesnt-work-in-court-petitioner-told","title":{"rendered":"Caste doesn&#8217;t work in court, petitioner told"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Gujarat-high-court4.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10098\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/caste-doesnt-work-in-court-petitioner-told\/gujarat-high-court-19\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/04\/Gujarat-high-court4.jpg?fit=192%2C192&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"192,192\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Gujarat high court\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/04\/Gujarat-high-court4.jpg?fit=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/04\/Gujarat-high-court4.jpg?fit=192%2C192&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-10098\" title=\"Gujarat high court\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Gujarat-high-court4.jpg?resize=192%2C192&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"192\" height=\"192\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/04\/Gujarat-high-court4.jpg?w=192&amp;ssl=1 192w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/04\/Gujarat-high-court4.jpg?resize=80%2C80&amp;ssl=1 80w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/04\/Gujarat-high-court4.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 192px) 100vw, 192px\" \/><\/a>The Gujarat High Court Monday refused to entertain a plea of a man who wrote his caste in the title of his petition.<\/p>\n<p>Bhapadiya (Brahmin) Navinbhai Mayaram filed the petition before the first bench of the court and sought implementation of a central government welfare scheme in his village Bhapdi in Tharad taluka (sub-district) of Banaskantha district.<\/p>\n<p>He claimed that there was large-scale corruption in the scheme\u2019s implementation and money was being misappropriated.<\/p>\n<p>The bench of Chief Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya and Justice J.B. Pardiwala refused to entertain the plea.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018It seems that the petitioner is trying to impress the court based on his caste,\u2019 the bench said.<\/p>\n<p>The bench allowed him to file a fresh petition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Gujarat High Court Monday refused to entertain a plea of a man who wrote his caste in the title of his petition. 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Setting free a woman, who was under detention for alleged bootlegging, the court\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Top Law News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Top Law News","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/top-law-news"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Gujarat-high-court.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":4990,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/gujarat-civic-poll-process-challenged","url_meta":{"origin":10097,"position":4},"title":"Gujarat civic poll process challenged","author":"Legal India Admin","date":"April 21, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0The Gujarat High Court has questioned the state government and six municipal corporations over a petition challenging the process followed in civic election. Acting on a petition by Pankajsinh Waghela, a division bench of Chief Justice S.J. 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