Supreme Court · 1977 INSC 227 · Decided 2 December 1977
Mohinder Singh Gill & ANR. v. The Chief Election Commissioner, New Delhi & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1977 INSC 227 · [1978] 2 S.C.R. 272
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1297/1977
- Decided
- 2 December 1977
- Bench
- M. HAMEEDULLAH BEG, P.N. BHAGWATI, V.R. KRISHNA IYER, P.K. GOSWAMI, P.N. SHINGAL (5-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 1, 329(b), 324, 226; Representation of the People Act Section 80, 100(1)(d)(iv)
Headnote
Constitution o1 India, 1950-Arts. 324 and 329(b)-Scope of --Counting' of votes in n1any segments of the constituency cornpleted-Before declaration of final result ballot papers and ballot boxes of some segments destroyed in mob _violence-~le_ction_ of the entire constituency­ Electzon Commission, if competent to order 11epoll of entire constituency. Article 226-Election Commi'ssion's order for fresh poll in enti're consti· tu~ncy-lf could be challenged in a writ petition. Representation of the People Act, 1950-Ss. 80 and
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