Supreme Court · 1986 INSC 95 · Decided 25 April 1986
Bhagwati Prasad Dixit 'ghorewala' v. Rajeev Gandhi
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1986 INSC 95 · [1986] 2 S.C.R. 823
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 3003/1985
- Decided
- 25 April 1986
- Bench
- E.S. VENKATARAMIAH, M.P. THAKKAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 102(l)(a), 102(l)(d), 324(5), 329, 5; Representation of the People Act Section 80, 100
Headnote
Representation of the People Act, 1951: ss. 80 & 100 - Election Petition - Dismissal of - For failure to disclose cause of action - When arises. Citizenship Act, 1955/Citizenship Rules, 1956; s.9 (2) r. 30 - Citizenship - Determination of - Whether High Court in an election petition has an office of profit under the Government. The appellant and the respondent were candidates for the: Amethi Parliamentary Constituency at the last general election. The respondent was declared elected. The appellant by a petition filed before the High Court assailed the election of the respondent
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