Supreme Court · 1956 INSC 76 · Decided 29 November 1956
Surendra Nath Khosla v. Dalip Singh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1956 INSC 76 · [1957] 1 S.C.R. 179
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 23/1956
- Decided
- 29 November 1956
- Bench
- SUDHI RANJAN DAS, NATWARLAL HARILAL BHAGWATI, T.L. VENKATARAMA AIYYAR, BHUVNESHWAR PRASAD SINHA, S.K. DAS (5-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Representation of the People Act
Headnote
COURT REPORTS 179 SURENDRA NATH KHOSLA v. DA.LIP SINGH (S. R. DAS c. J., BHAGWATI, VENKATARAMA AYYAR, B. P. SINHA and S. K. DAs JJ.) Election-Improper rejection of nomination paper-Whether result oj the election matet'ially affected-Presumption-Double me1J1ber constituency-Whether election wholly People (Conduct of Elections and Election Petitions) Rules, 1951, r. 2(2). Twelve candidates filed nomination papers for election from a double member constituency for the State Assembly, one of the seats being reserved for the Schedule Castes. The thumb impres­ sions of the proposer and
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