Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, May 5: The Supreme Court announced on Thursday that it will hear Navneet Kaur Rana’s appeal against the Bombay High Court’s decision to revoke her caste certificate in July.
The Amravati seat in Maharashtra is reserved for Scheduled Castes. After senior lawyer Mukul Rohatgi, representing for Ms Rana, said the matter will require some time, a bench of Justices Vineet Saran and JK Maheshwari delayed the case.
Because Justice Saran is retiring on May 10, the case is likely to be heard by a new bench after the holiday.The high court’s decision to revoke Rana’s caste certificate was delayed by the Supreme Court on June 22 of last year.
The caste certificate was obtained fraudulently using forged documents, according to the high court. She was also fined Rs. 2 lakh by the court. Notably, Rana, who was backed by the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), won Amravati in 2019 by pretending to be a ‘Mochi’ caste member.
