Supreme Court · 2020 INSC 655 · Decided 24 November 2020
Tej Bahadur v. Shri Narendra Modi
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2020 INSC 655 · [2020] 13 S.C.R. 554
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 2100/2020
- Decided
- 24 November 2020
- Bench
- S.A. BOBDE, A.S. BOPANNA, V. RAMASUBRAMANIAN (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- CPC Section 86(1); Representation of the People Act Section 9(2), 33, 79, 81, 83, 86
Headnote
Representation of the People Act, 1951- ss.9(2), 33, 79, 81, 83, 86 - Election Petition filed by appellant questioned the election of respondent to 17th Lok Sabha from Varanasi Parliamentary Constituency - Dismissed by High Court - On that an Election Petition may be presented by any elector or any candidate at such election- Appellant is admittedly not an elector registered in the Varanasi constituency - He was an employee of BSF but was dismissed from service - He filed two nominations -
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