Supreme Court · 2023 INSC 762 · Decided 23 August 2023
Thangjam Arunkumar v. Yumkham Erabot Singh & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2023 INSC 762 · [2023] 11 S.C.R. 392
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 4179/2023
- Decided
- 23 August 2023
- Bench
- D.Y. CHANDRACHUD, PAMIDIGHANTAM SRI NARASIMHA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- CPC Section 151
Headnote
THANGJAM ARUNKUMAR v. YUMKHAM ERABOT SINGH & ORS. (Civil Appeal Nos. 4179-4180 of 2023) AUGUST 23, 2023 [DR. DHANANJAYA Y CHANDRACHUD, CJI AND PAMIDIGHANTAM SRI NARASIMHA, J.] HEADNOTES Issue for consideration: Election petition if liable to be dismissed by allowing the Or.7, r.11 application affi davit under the proviso to s.83(1) (c) is not mandatory - It is suffi cient if there is substantial compliance - As the defect is curable, an opportunity may be granted to fi le the necessary affi davit - In the instant case, the election petition contained an affi davit
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