Supreme Court · 2015 INSC 726 · Decided 1 October 2015
Pukhrem Sharatchandra Singh v. Mairembam Prithviraj@ Prithibiraj Singh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2015 INSC 726 · [2015] 10 S.C.R. 591
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 8063/2015
- Decided
- 1 October 2015
- Bench
- DIPAK MISRA, PRAFULLA C. PANT (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Representation of the People Act Section 86(7)
Headnote
A B Representation of the People Act, 1951: s.86(7) - Election petition - Delay in disposal of election petition - C Role of Election Tribunal - Respondent-elected candidate filed written statement two years after the main election petition - Adjournment was sought by respondent from time by election petitioner challenging the manner in which the trial was conducted an__d the dilatory 0 tactics adopted by the respondent to delay the hearing of the election petition - Held: An election petition has to be decided in quite promptitude as there is an obligation cast upon the Court to
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