Supreme Court · 1978 INSC 136 · Decided 17 August 1978
Electlon Commission of India v. N. G. Ranga and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1978 INSC 136 · [1979] 1 S.C.R. 210
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1265/1969
- Decided
- 17 August 1978
- Bench
- Y.V. CHANDRACHUD, R.S. SARKARIA, N.L. UNTWALIA, A.D. KOSHAL, A.P. SEN (5-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 103(2), 84, 101, 102, 103, 104, 133(1)(c), 102(1); Representation of the People Act Section 103(2)
Headnote
c D Constitution of India, 1950, Arts, 84, 101, 102, 103(2) and 104-Scope of- . Powers of the Election Comn1ission under Sections 10A, 146(1) (2) of tile Representation of the People Act, read with Art. 103(2) of the Constitution. Respondent No. 2 who is a voter in the Srikakulam Constituency. President of India under Articles 84, 101, 102, 103 and 104 of the Constitution Of India alleging tha·t respondent No. 1, a returned candidate -to the Lok Sabha on April 28, 1967 in a bye-election from that consti- tuency. had become subject to the disqua1ifications contained in Article
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