: SC stays Bombay HC order to cancel caste certificate of MP Navneet Rana #IndiaNEWS The Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed an order passed by the Bombay High Court cancelling the caste certificate of Navneet

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SC stays Bombay HC order to cancel caste certificate of MP Navneet Rana #IndiaNEWS
The Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed an order passed by the Bombay High Court cancelling the caste certificate of Navneet Kaur Rana, an Independent Lok Sabha MP representing the Amravati constituency in Maharashtra, Live Law reported. Rana was elected to the Lok Sabha in 2019.On June 8, the Bombay High Court held that Rana got her caste certificate fraudulently by using fabricated documents. The judges said the 35-year-old MP wanted to avail benefits given to a candidate from the Scheduled Caste category as the Amravati seat is a reserved one.The decision by a division bench of Justices RD Dhanuka and VG Bisht meant that Rana faced the prospect of losing her Lok Sabha seat, even though the verdict did not make any specific observations regarding that.However, a Supreme Court vacation bench of Justices Vineet Saran and Dinesh Maheshwari stayed the order. The bench also issued a notice in a petition filed by Rana challenging the verdict.Senior Advocate Mukul Rohatgi, appearing for Rana, told the court that the terms “Mochi� and “Chamaar� are synonymous. He referred to the terms as Rana had said that she belonged to “Mochi� caste to obtain a Scheduled Caste certificate. The caste, however, is not in the list of Scheduled Castes recognised by the social justice ministry for the...Read more

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