Supreme Court · 2006 INSC 1019 · Decided 15 December 2006
Youaraj Rai v. Chander Bahadur Karki
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2006 INSC 1019 · [2006] SUPP. 10 S.C.R. 1184
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 8250/2004
- Decided
- 15 December 2006
- Bench
- Y.K. SABHARWAL, C.K. THAKKER, R.V. RAVEENDRAN (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Election laws: c - Representation of People Act, 1951-s.8/--'-Election to the legislative Assembly for the State-limitation period for filing election petition-Held, relevant date for calculation of limitation period is 'date of election of returned candidate' and not the date on which last of India issued a notification on March 16, 2004 for holding general election to the Legislative Assembly for the State of Sikkim. Total constituencies were 32. The appeilants filed their nomination papers on 23.4.2004. They were found defective and were rejected. As a result on 26.4.2004,
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