Supreme Court · 2005 INSC 498 · Decided 7 October 2005
Harnek Singh v. Charanjit Singh and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2005 INSC 498 · [2005] SUPP. 4 S.C.R. 223
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 6325/2005
- Decided
- 7 October 2005
- Bench
- ASHOK BHAN, S.B. SINHA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 226
Headnote
B Election Laws: Punjab Panchayati Raj Act-Punjab Panchayat Election Rules-Rules 31 and 45(1)-Punjab State Election Commission Act-Section 89- C Constitution of India, 1950-Artic/e 226-Election-For the Post a/Chairman, Gram Panchayat-Date of re-polling-Fixed by Returning Officer­ Challenged as petition against election questioned-Held: High Court should not have exercised its writ jurisdiction D against elecpon dispute-J~risdiction under Article 226 being discretionary in nature, such discretion could not have been exercised in the facts of the present case-Petition not maintainable in
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