Supreme Court of India

Hari Vishnu Kamath v. Syed Ahmad Ishaque and Others.

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Reported as [1955] 1 S.C.R. 1104

Decided 9 December 1954

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What the Court ordered

In the result. we must hold that in maintammg the election of the first respondent on the basis of the 301 votes which were liable to be rejected under Rule 47(1) (c) the Tribunal was plainly in error.

Judgment, page 31

Authorities it was built on

1952 Veerappa Pillai v. Raman & Raman Ltd. and Others. cited by 23
1953 Ebrahim Aboobaker and Another v. Tek Chand Dolwani cited by 11

Where later benches applied it

2023 M/s South Indian Bank Ltd. & Ors. v. Naveen Mathew Philip & Anr. Etc. Etc. relied on
2024 Karikho Kri v. Nuney Tayang and Another followed
2025 Malleeswari v. K. Suguna and Another referred to
2021 State of Goa & Anr. v. Fouziya Imtiaz Shaikh & Anr. referred to
2008 Assistant Commissioner, Income Tax, Rajkot v. Saurashtra Kutch Stock Exchange Ltd. referred to

Of those, 1 relied on · 1 followed · 3 referred to

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