MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court on Tuesday cancelled the caste certificate issued to Amravati Lok Sabha member Navneet Kaur Rana, saying it was obtained fraudulently utilizing fabricated paperwork, and directed her to give up it inside six weeks.
Rana was elected from Maharashtra’s Amravati (SC) Lok Sabha constituency in 2019. She contested as an Independent candidate and had assist from the Congress, NCP and RPI.
A division bench of Justices R D Dhanuka and V G Bisht additionally imposed a value of Rs 2 lakh that she must pay to the Maharashtra Legal Services Authority inside a interval of two weeks.
The HC famous that the declare of belonging to ‘Mochi’ caste made by Rana for acquiring the Scheduled Caste certificate itself was fraudulent and made with an intention to acquire varied advantages obtainable to a candidate from such class, regardless of realizing she doesn’t belong to that caste.
(With inputs from PTI)
Rana was elected from Maharashtra’s Amravati (SC) Lok Sabha constituency in 2019. She contested as an Independent candidate and had assist from the Congress, NCP and RPI.
A division bench of Justices R D Dhanuka and V G Bisht additionally imposed a value of Rs 2 lakh that she must pay to the Maharashtra Legal Services Authority inside a interval of two weeks.
The HC famous that the declare of belonging to ‘Mochi’ caste made by Rana for acquiring the Scheduled Caste certificate itself was fraudulent and made with an intention to acquire varied advantages obtainable to a candidate from such class, regardless of realizing she doesn’t belong to that caste.
(With inputs from PTI)
