Supreme Court · 2002 INSC 529 · Decided 11 December 2002
Charan Lal Sahu v. DR. Apj Abdul Kalam and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2002 INSC 529 · [2002] SUPP. 5 S.C.R. 13
- Case number
- ELECTION PETITION (CIVIL) No. 1/2002
- Decided
- 11 December 2002
- Bench
- G.B. PATTANAIK, V.N. KHARE, K.G. BALAKRISHNAN, ASHOK BHAN, ARUN KUMAR (5-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Election
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution
Headnote
COURT REPORTS [2002] SUPP. 5 S.C.R. A The questions for consideration before this Court was whether the • Petitioner has locus standi to file the Election Petition; whether he was duly nominated candidate in accordance with the provisions of Sections S8 and SC of the Act; whether challenge petition are maintainable. [23-8, q Dismissing the petitions, the Court HELD: I. The petitioner cannot be regarded as a person who had c been nominated or can claim to have been duly nominated as candidate at the election in question. His nomination papers. were thus rightly rejected by the
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