Supreme Court · 1975 INSC 151 · Decided 1 August 1975
Banamali Das v. Rajendra Chandra Mardaraj Harichandan & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1975 INSC 151 · [1976] 1 S.C.R. 212
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 576/1975
- Decided
- 1 August 1975
- Bench
- Y.V. CHANDRACHUD, P.N. BHAGWATI, R.S. SARKARIA (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Evidence Act Section 74, 17; Representation of the People Act Section 64, 81
Headnote
Representation of the People Act 1951-Sections 64 (Ind 169-Conduct of Election Rules, 1')61-Rule 56(7)-Recount when to be ordered-Evidence Act-Sections 74 and 17-Proof of Public documents. Six candiPates contested the mid·term election to the Orissa Legislative Assembly from Nilgiri over respondent no. 1. Respondent No. 1 filed an Election Petition challengEng the election of the appellant and praying that instead of tne appellant he should be declared as the .successful candidate. 'fhe appellant's election was challenged by respondent no. 1 mainly on the ground that
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