Supreme Court · 1969 INSC 13 · Decided 24 January 1969
Sheodhan Singh v. Mohan Lal Gautam
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1969 INSC 13 · [1969] 3 S.C.R. 417
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1564/1968
- Decided
- 24 January 1969
- Bench
- S.M. SIKRI, R.S. BACHAWAT, K.S. HEGDE (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- CPC; Constitution Article 356(I), 356(1); Representation of the People Act
Headnote
Election petition-Whether abates on di.vsolution of legislature-Pre .. sentation by Advocate's clerk in petitioner's pr~sence ·-If proper presenta. tion. The responoent's election to the U.P. Legislative Assembly in February, 1967, was challenged by the appdlant in an election petitioli on pondent raised two preliminary objections before the High Court namely, (i) the petition was not maintainable as it was not properly presented; and (ii) the petition ceased to be maintainable as a result of dissolution of the U.P. Legislative Assembly by virtue of the President's proclamation of
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