Supreme Court · 1982 INSC 79 · Decided 26 October 1982
Shradha Devi v. Krishna Chandra Pant & Others
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1982 INSC 79 · [1983] 1 S.C.R. 681
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 277/1980
- Decided
- 26 October 1982
- Bench
- D.A. DESAI, A.P. SEN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Representation of the People Act
Headnote
Representation of the People Act, 1951-E/eciiOn Petition-Elector's duty­ Nature ofproof--Required for a relief ofsCrutiny and recount on the a/legation of miscount in an election 'petition. A B c The appellant was one-of the 19 candidates for the 11 members to be elected at the biennial m~mbers of the Uttar Prad"'sh Legislative Assembly, at the election held on 28th March, 1979. D ' , The election was to be in accOrdance with the ·sYstem of proportional representation by means of single trans_fcrable ~ote. Io all 421 members exercised their franchise. Eleven ballot
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