Supreme Court · 1984 INSC 46 · Decided 23 February 1984
R. Palanimuthu v. Returning Officer
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1984 INSC 46 · [1984] 3 S.C.R. 10
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 4027/1982
- Decided
- 23 February 1984
- Bench
- S. MURTAZA FAZAL ALI, A. VARADARAJAN, RANGANATH MISRA (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 5; Representation of the People Act Section 5
Headnote
F G I ' • 1() R. PALANIMUtf{U v. RETURNING OFFICER February 23, 1984 Section JOO (l) (c)-ReserVed constituency-Canflidate giving false certifica1e · as belonging to scheduled tribe-Election held void. • In his election petition the appellant: contended that th~ second respondent and that by virtue of section JOO(!) (c) of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 the election was void. · It was also contended that at the t:me .of .the sc"rutiny of the nominaHon papers the appellant had raised this objection but that the Returning Officer,
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