Supreme Court · 2018 INSC 318 · Decided 9 April 2018
Bharatiya Janata Party West Bengal v. State of West Bengal & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2018 INSC 318 · [2018] 6 S.C.R. 693
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 302/2018
- Decided
- 9 April 2018
- Bench
- R.K. AGRAWAL, ABHAY MANOHAR SAPRE (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 32
Headnote
Election Laws - State Election Commission issued notifications for panchayat elections - Petitioner, a political party alleged that its candidates were not allowed to collect and submit the nomination forms, on account of violent resistance by supporters of the ruling party directions to the State Election Commission to issue nomination papers on internet so that candidates of the petitioner could apply through e-mail - Held: In Bodula Krishnaiah case it was held that once the election process has been set in motion, the Court ought not to interfere - In
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