Supreme Court · 2005 INSC 130 · Decided 11 March 2005
Raj Kumar Yadav v. Samir Kumar Mahaseth and Ors
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2005 INSC 130 · [2005] 2 S.C.R. 670
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 595/2004
- Decided
- 11 March 2005
- Bench
- R.C. LAHOTI, D.M. DHARMADHIKARI, P.K. BALASUBRAMANYAN (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 225; Representation of the People Act Section 8J, 81
Headnote
Election laws : Representation of the People Act, J95J-Section 8J-Patna High Court Rules-Rules 6 and 7-Limitation for presenting election petition-Election petition presented at 4.25 pm on the last date of limitation, JO minutes after the Judge had risen from open court but still available in declined to receive the petition-He also declined to D direct any official of the Registry to receive the same-Petition was presented on the next day when the Judge was sitting in open court-Validity of such presentation-Held: The presentation would be deemed to be within limitation and
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