Supreme Court · 1967 INSC 251 · Decided 7 November 1967
Shri Baburao Patel & ORS. v. DR. Zakir Husain & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1967 INSC 251 · [1968] 2 S.C.R. 133
- Case number
- ELECTION PETITION (CIVIL) No. 1/1967
- Decided
- 7 November 1967
- Bench
- K.N. WANCHOO, R.S. BACHAWAT, V. RAMASWAMI, G.K. MITTER, K.S. HEGDE (5-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Election
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution
Headnote
Constitution of J11dia, Arts. 58, 84 a11d 324-Scope o/~andidates to Presidential Ofjice--Oath if necessary for eligibility. Presidential & Vice-Presideniial Elections Act (30 of 1952), s. 18- L1n.due lnfluence--Canvassing by Pri111e Minister and Minister u1'10 is Chief Whip of Party, As a result of the Presid·ontial election held in May, 1967, respondent No. 1 was declared elected. The petitioners challengod the election on the following two grounds, namely (i) Art. 58( I) (c) required that a person to be eligibl·o for election as President must be
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