Supreme Court · 2007 INSC 804 · Decided 2 August 2007
Pothula Rama Rao v. Pendyala Venkata Krishna Rao and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2007 INSC 804 · [2007] 8 S.C.R. 982
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 3553/2005
- Decided
- 2 August 2007
- Bench
- K.G. BALAKRISHNAN, R.V. RAVEENDRAN, DALVEER BHANDARI (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- CPC; Representation of the People Act Section 33(1), 36(2), 38, 83, 16, 18, 38(1), 33
Headnote
Representation of the People Act, 1951-ss. 33(1), 36(2), 38, 83, -L~ c lOO(J)(c), lOO(l)(d)(i) and lOO(l)(d)(iv)-Election petition-For declaration of election of returned candidate as void-Applications by returned candidc:te for striking off the pleadings and rejection of the petition- High Court the petition as not disclosing any cause of action-On appeal, held: Pleadings rightly struck off and petition rightly rejected-Pleadings did not disclose any cause of action to D proceed with the matter-Representation of the People Act, 1950-ss. 16 and 18--Code of Civil Procedure, 1908-0.6 r.
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