Supreme Court · 2018 INSC 220 · Decided 8 March 2018
Abdulrasakh v. K. P. Mohammed & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2018 INSC 220 · [2018] 3 S.C.R. 583
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 10863/2017
- Decided
- 8 March 2018
- Bench
- JASTI CHELAMESWAR, SANJAY KISHAN KAUL (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- CPC Section 151
Headnote
The Representation of People Act, 1951 - ss.81(1), 86 and 123(4) - Election petition filed against appellant by respondent nos.1 & 2 on ground of corrupt practices - Petition returned from the Registry and thereafter re-presented - Appellant filed application for petition was time barred as the limitation prescribed to file the same had expired by the time it was re-presented and also that the Registry had no power to return the election petition on defects being pointed out or to permit curing of any defects - Application dismissed by High
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