Supreme Court · 2004 INSC 230 · Decided 5 April 2004
Chandrika Prasad Yadav v. State of Bihar and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2004 INSC 230 · [2004] 3 S.C.R. 834
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1999/2003
- Decided
- 5 April 2004
- Bench
- V.N. KHARE, S.B. SINHA, S.H. KAPADIA (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Election Laws: Bihar Panchayat Raj Act, 1993-Sections 140and121-Bihar Panchayat C Election Rules, 199j-Rule 79: Panchayat Elections-Defeated candidate filing application for recount of votes-Application not entertained by returning officer-However, in an election petition, Election Tribunal candidate declared elected-Candidate declared elected earlier challenging the order-Writ Petition allowed-Both Single Judge and Division Bench of High Court set aside the order of the Tribunal-On appeal Held: Order of the Election Tribunal did not satisfY the t statutory requirements-Election
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