Supreme Court · 2002 INSC 490 · Decided 22 November 2002
Sohan Lal v. Babu Gandhi and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2002 INSC 490 · [2002] SUPP. 4 S.C.R. 333
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 7623/2002
- Decided
- 22 November 2002
- Bench
- M.B. SHAH, S.N. VARIAVA, D.M. DHARMADHIKARI (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
MP. Panchayat Raj Avam Gram Swaraj Adhiniyam, 1993-Sections 80 and 122-Election to the post of Sarpanch of Gram Panchayat-Recounting A B of votes-Held: After the declaration of the result, Court or Tribunal can C direct recounting of votes and the Returning Officer has no power either to direct remedy of an aggrieved party is to file an Election Petition under Section 122-Hence order of High Court setting aside order of Sub Divisional Court directing recount of votes on the ground that the aggrieved party had not applied to the returning officer for recount of votes, is set D
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