Supreme Court · 2009 INSC 1252 · Decided 23 November 2009
Kattinokkula Murali Krishna v. Veeramalla Koteswara Rao & Ors .
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2009 INSC 1252 · [2009] 15 S.C.R. 1063
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 7701/2009
- Decided
- 23 November 2009
- Bench
- D.K. JAIN, RAJENDRA MAL LODHA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
B ELECTION LAW: Re-counting of votes - Panchayat elections - HELD: Since an order for inspection and re-count of ballot papers affects the secrecy of ballot, such an order cannot be made as c a matter of course - Requirements for recount of votes - Explained - Election· Tribunal as sight of parameters to be applied while considering the petition seeking re-counting of votes - Doctrine of prejudice is an irrelevant factor for ordering re-count - Similarly, narrow margin of votes D between returned candidate and election petitioner does not .... per se give rise to a
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