Supreme Court · 2012 INSC 162 · Decided 4 April 2012
Chaugule v. Bhagwat
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2012 INSC 162 · [2012] 3 S.C.R. 1031
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 3373/2012
- Decided
- 4 April 2012
- Bench
- ALTAMAS KABIR, S.S. NIJJAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Representation of the People Act Section 110(3)(c)
Headnote
A B Representation of the People Act, 1951 - s.110(3)(c) - Withdrawal of election petition - Right to be substituted in place of the original election petitioner - Election petition filed C by 'Y' had been allowed to be withdrawn on an application filed by 'Y' - Substitution application filed by been allowed to be withdrawn - Allowed by High Court - Justification of - Held: Not justified - Clause (c) of s. 110(3) permits "a person, who o might himself have been a Petitioner", to apply for substitution as Petitioner in place of the party withdrawing - However the said expression
Judgments are the courts' own published copies, provided for study; they are not certified copies. Source: Indian Supreme Court & High Court Judgments, Dattam Labs (CC-BY-4.0)