Supreme Court · 1967 INSC 179 · Decided 18 August 1967
Dhara Singh v. District Judge, Meerut & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1967 INSC 179 · [1968] 1 S.C.R. 243
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 2232/1966
- Decided
- 18 August 1967
- Bench
- J.C. SHAH, S.M. SIKRI, J.M. SHELAT (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- CPC; Evidence Act; Constitution Article 226
Headnote
Uttar Pradesh Kshettra Samitis and Zilla Parisads Adhinayam 133 of 1961). and Settlement of Election Dispute• Rule•, 1962, rr. 87, 39, 40 and 43, and Schedule II, Instruction 1-Returned Candidate­ Defences open when election challenged-'~xhamted Paper', mean- ing of. Election for the of the Uttar Pradesh Kshettra Samitis and Zilla Parishads Adhihayam, 1961. On one of the ballot papers, the second respondent had a third preference recorded in his favour and a second preference in favour of another candidate who was elimi­ nated at one stage. The Returning
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