Supreme Court · 2023 INSC 94 · Decided 2 February 2023
Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay v. Union of India and Another
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2023 INSC 94 · [2023] 5 S.C.R. 701
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 967/2017
- Decided
- 2 February 2023
- Bench
- D.Y. CHANDRACHUD, PAMIDIGHANTAM SRI NARASIMHA, J.B. PARDIWALA (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 14, 19, 32; Representation of the People Act Section 33(7)
Headnote
Representation of the People Act, 1951: s. 33(7) - Constitutional validity of -s. 33(7) permitting person to contest from more than one constituency for the same office simultaneously - Plea that a person should not from more than one seat at a time - Held: Such relief cannot be granted - Permittinga candidate to contest from more than one seat in a Parliamentary election or at an election to the State Legislative Assembly is a matter of legislative policy - Thisis a matter where
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