Supreme Court · 2009 INSC 1041 · Decided 11 August 2009
G.V. Sreerama Reddy and ANR. v. Returning Officer and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2009 INSC 1041 · [2009] 13 S.C.R. 245
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 6269/2009
- Decided
- 11 August 2009
- Bench
- D.K. JAIN, P. SATHASIVAM (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Representation of the People Act Section 81(1), 81
Headnote
Representation of the People Act, 1951: s. 81 (1) - Election petitioner has to be present personally at the time A B of presentation of election petition. C Interpretation of statutes: Special statute - Interpretation of - Held: Statute enacted for specific purpose must be measured from wordings intent behind it - Representation of the People Act, 1951. D The question which arose for consideration in the present appeal is whether the High Court was justified in upholding the objections of the Registry that there was no proper presentation of election petition in terms of section
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