Supreme Court · 2002 INSC 492 · Decided 22 November 2002
Mahender Pratap v. Krishan Pal and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2002 INSC 492 · [2002] SUPP. 4 S.C.R. 339
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 551/2002
- Decided
- 22 November 2002
- Bench
- M.B. SHAH, D.M. DHARMADHIKARI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Representation of the People Act Section 83
Headnote
B Representation of the People Act, 1951: Ss.83 and JOO-False averments in election petition and verification thereof-Election petitiofl,--{]round that application for recounting of votes C wrongly rejected by Returning Officer-Inconsistency in averments made in application for recounting and results-Election petition containing averments that application was filed when 23rd round of counting was in progress-Elec1ion petition rejected by High Court-Held, D for making out a ground for recount, if intentional false averment is made in an election petition and the said averment is duly
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