Supreme Court · 1982 INSC 26 · Decided 26 February 1982
Jyoti Basu & OTHERS. v. Debi Ghosal & OTHERS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1982 INSC 26 · [1982] 3 S.C.R. 318
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1553/1980
- Decided
- 26 February 1982
- Bench
- R.S. PATHAK, O. CHINNAPPA REDDY (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- CPC; Representation of the People Act Section 82, 86(4)
Headnote
Representation of the Pepople Act 1951, Ss. 82 and 86 (4) Election Petition­ Parties to-Who are-Corrupt practice alleged against person who is not a candi­ date-Such person whether can be impleaded as respondent. Election Law-Right to elect-Neither fundamtntal right nor Common Law Procedure 1908 Or. Ir. JO-Concept of'proper parties'­ Applicability of to election petitions. The Representation of the People Act 1951, by Section 81 prescribes who may present an election petition. It may be by any candidate at such election, by any elec1or of the cons.tituency, and by
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