Supreme Court · 2002 INSC 41 · Decided 23 January 2002
Shaik Saidulu @ Saida v. Chukka Yesu Ratnam and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2002 INSC 41 · [2002] 1 S.C.R. 403
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 652/2002
- Decided
- 23 January 2002
- Bench
- G.B. PATTANAIK, R.P. SETHI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Limitation Act Section 5, 12, 13
Headnote
A B Hyderabad Municipal Corporation Act, 1955-Sections 71 and 671 (2)­ Election petition-Delay-Condonation of-Applicability of Section 5 of the C Limitation Act-High Court held not applicable since election petition was not an application within the meaning of Section 671-0n appeal-Held, that election petition was intended to be an application for the purpose of /imitation-Limitation Act, 1963-Section 5. D interpretation of Statutes-An interpretation defeating the purpose of the Act in cloak of technicalities not permissible. Words & Phrases : 'Application '-Meaning of in
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