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High Court casts away Solapur corporator's plea over her caste submission
Updated On: 25 October, 2017 11:22 AM IST | Mumbai | Vinod Kumar Menon
<p>HC dismisses petition of woman belonging to Nomadic Tribe who won OBC seat in 2017 civic poll by submitting husband's caste certificate</p>
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The Bombay High Court recently held that caste is by virtue of birth and not marriage, effectively disqualifying a woman corporator belonging to the Nomadic Tribe (NT) who had won the Solapur Municipal Corporation election held in February 2017 by using her husband's Other Backward Castes (OBC) certificate.
Solapur Municipal Corporation elections were held in February 2017
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