Supreme Court · 1999 INSC 203 · Decided 26 April 1999
K. Venkatachalam v. A. Swamickan and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1999 INSC 203 · [1999] 2 S.C.R. 859
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1719/1986
- Decided
- 26 April 1999
- Bench
- D.P. WADHWA, N. SANTOSH HEGDE (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 226, 329(b), 5; Representation of the People Act Section 5
Headnote
B Constitution of India, 1950 : Articles 226, 329(b) 173(c), 190(3), 19!, 192(1) and 193-Election to Legislative Assembly-Candidate not an elector in the electoral roll of the C constituency-Impersonated himself for another person of the same name­ Elected to Legislative Assembly-Writ pe~ition in view of bar contained under Article 329(b)-Division Bench allowing the appeal and declaring the appellant disqualified as member of Legislative Assembly-On appeal, Held, High Court was justified in exercising D its jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution-Disqualification
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