{"id":49487,"date":"2017-08-19T03:26:49","date_gmt":"2017-08-18T21:56:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=49487"},"modified":"2017-08-19T03:26:49","modified_gmt":"2017-08-18T21:56:49","slug":"bombay-hc-bars-govt-unseating-corporator-caste-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/bombay-hc-bars-govt-unseating-corporator-caste-issue","title":{"rendered":"Bombay HC bars govt from unseating corporator over caste issue"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_48724\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-48724\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/06\/bombay-HC.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"48724\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/keeping-check-pvt-nursing-homes-violating-normsmaha-bombay-hc\/bombay-hc-3\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/06\/bombay-HC.jpg?fit=302%2C201&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"302,201\" 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;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"bombay HC\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/06\/bombay-HC.jpg?fit=302%2C201&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-48724 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/06\/bombay-HC.jpg?resize=300%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Bombay HC bars govt from unseating corporator over caste issue\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/06\/bombay-HC.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/06\/bombay-HC.jpg?resize=150%2C100&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/06\/bombay-HC.jpg?w=302&amp;ssl=1 302w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-48724\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bombay HC bars govt from unseating corporator over caste issue<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Bombay High Court today restrained the state government and the civic body from disqualifying Congress corporator from suburban Kalina, Tulip Miranda over the issue of her caste validity certificate.<\/p>\n<p>The caste verification committee, on August 14, rejected Miranda&#8217;s claim of belonging to Other Backward Classes (OBC), and declared her caste certificate invalid.<\/p>\n<p>She moved the court against the committee&#8217;s action, and also sought an interim direction to the government, fearing disqualification as a corporator.<\/p>\n<p>A bench of Justices B R Gavai and M S Karnik directed the Maharashtra government and the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) not to disqualify her till further orders.<\/p>\n<p>The court also asked the state, the BMC, and the caste verification committee to file their replies within two weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Miranda had won from ward number 90 in Kalina, reserved for OBC candidates, in the civic elections in February.<\/p>\n<p>However, Bandra district divisional caste scrutiny committee held that she did not fall in the OBC category, and rejected her claim of being an East Indian Catholic.<\/p>\n<p>Miranda&#8217;s petition said she belonged to the East Indian Catholic community, an ethno-religious community belonging to OBC category, as recognised by the state.<\/p>\n<p>( Source &#8211; PTI )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Bombay High Court today restrained the state government and the civic body from disqualifying Congress corporator from suburban Kalina, Tulip Miranda over the issue of her caste validity certificate. 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