Supreme Court · 2022 INSC 1187 · Decided 9 November 2022
Ravi Namboothiri v. K.A. Baiju & Ors
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2022 INSC 1187 · [2022] 18 S.C.R. 273
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 8261/2022
- Decided
- 9 November 2022
- Bench
- S. ABDUL NAZEER, V. RAMASUBRAMANIAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Representation of the People Act Section 33A, 33B
Headnote
Kerala Panchayat Raj Act, 1994 - ss.52(1A), 102(1)(ca), 120(2) - Kerala Panchayat Raj (Conduct of Election) Rules, 1995 - r.6 - Kerala Police Act, 1960 - ss.38, 52 - Election of the appellant as Councilor of Ward No.5 of Annamanada Gram Panchayath was set aside to furnish details of his past conviction in Form No.2A - Therefore, the ground on which his election was sought to be declared void, falls squarely within s.102(1)(ca) of the 1994 Act - However, the offences for which the appellant was convicted were u/s.38 r/w s.52 of the Kerala
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