Supreme Court of India
N. P. Ponnuswami v. Returning Officer, Namakkal Constituency and Others
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that in view of the provisions of articles 329 (b) of the Constitu- tion and sec. 80 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, the High Court had no jurisdiction to interfere with the order of the Returning Officer. The word uelection" has by long usage in connection with the process of selection of proper representatives in democratic institutions acquired both a wide and a narrow meaning. In the ,_ '· 4' .. .. S.~.R. SUPREME COURT REPORTS 219 narrow sense it is used to mean the final selection of a candidate · 1952 which may embrace the. ·result of the poll when there is polling or a
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