Supreme Court of India

Durga Shankar Mehta v. Thakur Raghuraj Singh and Others.

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Reported as [1955] 1 S.C.R. 267
Bench Mehr Chand Mahajan C, Mukherjea, Vivian Bose, Bhagwati and Venkatarama Ayyar JJ.
Decided 19 May 1954

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Constitution of India, articles 136, 173, 329-Supreme Court .,.,- -Power to grant special leave to appeal-Decision of Election Tri­ bunal-Representation of the People Act (XLIII of 1951), ss. 36, 100(1) (c) and (2) (c), 105-Non-compliance with the provisions of , article 17 3- onstitutional disability-Election void-Whether under s. 100(1) (c) or s. 100(2) (c) of the Act-Non-compliance with the provisions of Constitution in s. 100(2) (c)-Scope of. Article 136 of the Constitution is worded in the widest terms possible. It vests in the Supreme Court a plenary jurisdiction in the matter of

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Of those, 6 referred to · 34 mentioned · 1 not applicable

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