Election Tribunal Archives

[Gram Pradhan Election] Supreme Court directs fresh recount of votes; Appoints junior most lady advocate present in Court as Court Commissioner

Supreme Court directed that the entire process of recounting of votes should be video-graphed, and the result of re-count to be signed by the parties, their counsel as well as the Court Commissioner, besides the Presiding Officer of the Election Tribunal.

Case Briefs High Courts

“Within 30 days’’ starts from date when result is announced by returning officer: Allahabad HC clarifies law related to limitation for election petition

“Election law should be interpreted strictly, particularly, with regard to the prescribed period of limitation for the purposes of entertaining the election petition inasmuch as there is no provision qua applicability of the Limitation Act.”

Case Briefs High Courts

Kar HC quotes “The Vajpayee led NDA–Government was toppled for want of one vote” and Benjamin Franklin while deciding a case of a returning candidate whose election was set aside

“…A right to elect, fundamental though it is to democracy, is, anomalously enough, neither a fundamental right nor a Common Law Right.

Case Briefs High Courts

Ori HC | Election Tribunal exceeds its jurisdiction by travelling beyond the scope of the litigation involved ignoring the pleadings of the parties

Orissa High Court: The Bench of Biswanath Rath, J. entertained the writ petition challenging the order passed by the learned trial Court,