Supreme Court · 1980 INSC 133 · Decided 23 July 1980
Thammanna v. K. Veera Reddy & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1980 INSC 133 · [1981] 1 S.C.R. 73
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1950/1979
- Decided
- 23 July 1980
- Bench
- R.S. SARKARIA, P.S. KAILASAM (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- CPC Section 87(1), 96(1); Representation of the People Act Section 98, 99, 108to110, 116C, 82, 9A
Headnote
"Person aggrieved"-Defeated candidate made a proforma party respondent in an election petition-He neither files a written statement nor participates actively in proceedings before the High Court-Whether he is an aggrieved person entitled to appeal against the Order of the High with Section 87(1) of the Civil Procedure Code. One V. Krishna Reddy filed an election petition against Veera Reddy, respondent No. 1, a returned candidate in the elections held for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in February, 1978 on the ground that the returned candidate was
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