Supreme Court · 1957 INSC 44 · Decided 3 May 1957
Narayan Bhaskar Khare v. The Election Commission of India
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1957 INSC 44 · [1957] 1 S.C.R. 1081
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 63/1957
- Decided
- 3 May 1957
- Bench
- SUDHI RANJAN DAS, NATWARLAL HARILAL BHAGWATI, SYED JAFFER IMAM, S.K. DAS, J.L. KAPUR, P.B. GAJENDRAGADKAR, A.K. SARKAR (7-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 71, 62, 71(1)
Headnote
COURT REPORTS. 1081 NARAYAN BHASKAR KHARE v. THE ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA (and connected petition) (S. R. DAS c. J., BHAGWATI, JAFER IMAM, s. K. DAS, J. L. KAPUR, GAJENDRAGADKAR and A. K. SARKAR JJ.) President, Election of-Doubts and Disputes relating to such election-Jurisdiction and Power The petitioners entertained grave doubts as to the 'propriety of holding the Presidential election before the general elections had been completed throughout the entire territory of India and, by applications filed under Aft. 71 (I ) of the Constitution as citizens. of India, invoked the
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