Supreme Court · 2013 INSC 592 · Decided 6 September 2013
Devendra Patel v. Ram Pal Singh & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2013 INSC 592 · [2013] 10 S.C.R. 291
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 7907/2013
- Decided
- 6 September 2013
- Bench
- RAJENDRA MAL LODHA, MADAN B. LOKUR (2-judge bench)
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Representation of the People Act Section 79(b), 82(b), 82(2)
Headnote
A B Representation of the People Act, 1951 - s. 79(b) and 82(b) - Person whose nomination rejected, whether can be considered as a 'candidate' for the purpose of s.82(b) - Held: C Where nomination of person is rejected on the ground of such person being disqualified, he is neither a duly nominated candidate, within the meaning of s. 79(b) ~ Therefore, he cannot be considered as 'candidate' for the purpose of s.82(b). D The question for consideration in the present appeal was whether the person whose nomination was rejected, must be considered as a 'candidate' for the purpose of s.
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