Supreme Court · 2009 INSC 1310 · Decided 15 December 2009
Laxmi Kant Bajpai v. Hazi Yaqoob & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2009 INSC 1310 · [2009] 16 S.C.R. 526
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 4201/2008
- Decided
- 15 December 2009
- Bench
- D.K. JAIN, H.L. DATTU (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 325; Representation of the People Act Section 100(10)(d)(iii)
Headnote
Election Laws - Election to State Assembly- Challenged on the ground that electoral roll containing names from 21 C localities were in contravention of order of de/imitation - Election petition dismissed by High Court - On appeal, held: Election not liable to be declared void - Electoral roll was Courts cannot decide any issue relating to issuance or revision of an D electoral roll - The remedy lies in the procedure laid down in the prescribed rules - In absence of a fresh order of de/imitation issued by delimitation Commission, Election Commission had no power to change the electoral
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