Supreme Court · 2012 INSC 274 · Decided 6 July 2012
Ponnala Lakshmalah v. Kommuri Pratap Reddy & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2012 INSC 274 · [2012] 6 S.C.R. 851
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 4993/2012
- Decided
- 6 July 2012
- Bench
- T.S. THAKUR, GYAN SUDHA MISRA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- CPC; Constitution Article 136; Representation of the People Act Section 83
Headnote
851 PONNALA LAKSHMALAH v. KOMMURI PRATAP REDDY & ORS. (Civil Appeal No. 4993 of 2012) JULY 6, 2012 [T.S. THAKUR AND GYAN SUDHA MISRA, JJ.J A B Representation of the People Act, 1951 - s. 83 and proviso to s. 83(1) - Election petition - Returned candidate seeking its dismissal in Jimine on not supported by affidavit in terms of proviso to s. 83(1) - Held: High Court was right in refusing to dismiss the petition in limine - The petition o discloses a cause of action and gives rise to triable issues - The petition also contained statement of material facts as required u/s. 83 - The
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