Supreme Court · 2006 INSC 739 · Decided 19 October 2006
Baldev Singh v. Shinder Pal Singh and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2006 INSC 739 · [2006] SUPP. 7 S.C.R. 721
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 4560/2006
- Decided
- 19 October 2006
- Bench
- S.B. SINHA, DALVEER BHANDARI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- CPC Section 86
Headnote
B Punjab Panchayati Election Rules, 1994: Rules 33(2)(e), 35 and 38. Election petition-Procedure in case of tie-Recounting of votes­ Gram Panchayat elections-Sarpanch and Panches-Two candidates polled C equal number of votes-Allegedly, a recounting was done and the result of the recounting was candidates-One of them was declared elected as Sarpanch--Defeated candidate filed election petition­ Election Tribunal, ignoring the oral evidence of responsible officer, directed D recounting-Upon recounting, defeated candidate was declared elected­ High Court affirmed the decision of
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