Supreme Court · 2006 INSC 139 · Decided 7 March 2006
Arun Singh @ Arun Kumar Singh v. State of Bihar and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2006 INSC 139 · [2006] 2 S.C.R. 1058
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1551/2006
- Decided
- 7 March 2006
- Bench
- S.B. SINHA, P.K. BALASUBRAMANYAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Election Laws: Bihar Panchayat Raj Act, 1993-Section 139(/)(j)!Bihar Panchayat C Election Rules-Rule 122-Election of member of Panchyat Samiti-Questioned on the ground that elected member was disqualified under Section I 39(/)(j) due to his dismissal from service-Election Commission holding that on the ground of misconduct but absence from duty-Writ Petition against order of D Election Commission-High Court holding the appointment as Member of Samiti as illegal opining that absence from duty would constitute a misconduct and issued Writ of Quo Warranto-On appeal, held: Member was not
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