Supreme Court · 2001 INSC 44 · Decided 24 January 2001
Tek Chand v. Dile Ram
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2001 INSC 44 · [2001] 1 S.C.R. 527
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 2730/2000
- Decided
- 24 January 2001
- Bench
- A.S. ANAND, R.C. LAHOTI, SHIVARAJ V. PATIL (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 191, 19l(l)(a); Representation of the People Act; Service Rules Section 48
Headnote
Election law: Representation of the People Act, 1951: S.IOO(l)(d). Election-Election petition-Void election-Declaration of-Grounds for-Nomination-Improper acceptance of-Returned candidate's election-­ Effect on-Election of returned candidate challenged on the ground that nomination of one N was an activist of the defeated candidate's D party; N cut into the votes of the defeated candidate; votes secured by N should have gone to .the defeated candidate-Correctness of-Held: There is no evidence that the voters were common to both N and the defeated candidate-In the absence of any
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