P&H: Clean Hands, dismisses writ petition challenging cancellation of SC certificates for concealment of earlier civil suit
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has dismissed a writ petition filed by Dr. Munish Malik challenging the cancellation of his Scheduled Caste certificates, holding that the petition was not maintainable because he had earlier filed and withdrawn a civil suit on the same cause of action without disclosing it to the Court.
The case arose from the cancellation of two Scheduled Caste certificates issued to the petitioner in 1985 and 1987. The petitioner claimed that he belonged to the Barar community, which is recognised as a Scheduled Caste, and said that several earlier inquiries had already found the allegations...
