Supreme Court · 2006 INSC 37 · Decided 20 January 2006
Shrikant v. Vasantrao and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2006 INSC 37 · [2006] 1 S.C.R. 496
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 5895/2004
- Decided
- 20 January 2006
- Bench
- Y.K. SABHARWAL, B.N. SRIKRISHNA, R.V. RAVEENDRAN (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 12, 191, 102(l)(a), 191(1)(a); Representation of the People Act Section 2
Headnote
Representation of the People Act, 1951; Ss. 2. 7, 8, 8~A, 9, 9-A, JO, 10- C A and 116-A/General Clauses Act, 1987; Section 2(60): Election Petition-Election for legisla1ive Council-Re/urned candidate having subsisling comracls with a s/atulory body as on 1he dale of filing of 1951 Act is very clear and specific-A candidate having a D subsisting contract with the Staie/State Government for supply of goods/works contracts could only disqualifY him from con'<'sting the election-Meaning of the term 'State/State Governmem · defined in the context of its ordinary
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