Supreme Court · 2007 INSC 220 · Decided 27 February 2007
Lalsai Khunte v. Nirmal Sinha and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2007 INSC 220 · [2007] 3 S.C.R. 328
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 04055/2006
- Decided
- 27 February 2007
- Bench
- A.K. MATHUR, V.S. SIRPURKAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 420134, 468, 420, 34; CrPC Section 389; Representation of the People Act
Headnote
Representation of the People Act, 1951: C S. 8(3)-Disqualification on conviction-Suspension of sentence while granting bail-Held, suspension does not amount to temporary stay of conviction-Conviction still remains-Specific order staying conviction has to be sought which was not done-Election Appellant was elected as a Member of Legislative Assembly. His election was challenged in an election petition on the ground that he was convicted j under ss. 420/34 and 468 IPC and was sentenced to two years rigorous ~ imprisonment about 1 Yz years before his filing the nomination papers for the
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