Supreme Court · 2012 INSC 64 · Decided 1 February 2012
Mangani Lal Mandal v. Bishnu Deo Bhandari
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2012 INSC 64 · [2012] 1 S.C.R. 527
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 10728/2011
- Decided
- 1 February 2012
- Bench
- RAJENDRA MAL LODHA, S. J. MUKHOPADHAYA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution; Representation of the People Act Section 100, 100(1)(d)(iv), 83
Headnote
REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE ACT, 1951: s. 100(1 )(d)(iv) - Election petition challenging the election A B c of returned candidate - On the ground of non-compliance of provisions of the Constitution or the Act - Held: A mere non­ compliance or breach of the Constitution or the statutory in invalidating the election 0 of a returned candidate u/s 100(1)(d)(iv) - For the election petitioner to succeed on such ground, he has not only to plead and prove the ground but also that the result of the election insofar as it concerned the returned candidate has been materially affected ~
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