Supreme Court · 2000 INSC 475 · Decided 10 October 2000
Tarun Prasad Chatterjee v. Dinanath Sharma
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2000 INSC 475 · [2000] SUPP. 3 S.C.R. 634
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 2937/2000
- Decided
- 10 October 2000
- Bench
- A.S. ANAND, R.C. LAHOTI, K.G. BALAKRISHNAN (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- CPC Section 81; Representation of the People Act Section 81(1), 81(I)
Headnote
Representation of the People Act, 1951-Section 81(1) Election Petition-Presentation of-Computation of period of limitation under­ Provisions of General Clauses Act-Applicability of-Held, applicable­ Thus, the date of election of returned candidate should be excluded for computing the Petition-Presentation of-Period of limitation-Computation of-Presentation of Election Petition on the date of election of returned candidate-Maintainability of-Held, well within limitation period Words & Phrases "From" and "within "-Meaning and connotation of in the
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