Supreme Court · 2002 INSC 562 · Decided 19 December 2002
Shaligram Shrivastava v. Naresh Singh Patel
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2002 INSC 562 · [2002] SUPP. 5 S.C.R. 585
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 4023/2001
- Decided
- 19 December 2002
- Bench
- R.C. LAHOTI, BRIJESH KUMAR, H.K. SEMA (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
B Election Laws : Representation of People Act, 1951: c Sections 36 and 8-Scrutiny of nominations-Candidate failing to fill up proforma prescribed by Election Commissio~Returning Officer rejecting nomination paper al the time of scrutiny-High Court upholding the rejection-Held: Returning Officer from defect of substantial character. D Section 36(2)-Scrutiny of nomination papers-Power of Returning Officer and scope of inquiry-Discussed. Election Commission issued instructions that at the time of filing nomination papers, candidate should also fill up prescribed proforma. This was
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