Supreme Court of India

Shradha Devi v. Krishna Chandra Pant & Others

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Reported as [1983] 1 S.C.R. 681
Bench D.A. Desai and A.P. Sen JJ.
Decided 26 October 1982

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Representation of the People Act, 1951- /eciiOn Petition-Elector's duty­ Nature ofproof--Required for a relief ofsCrutiny and recount on the a/legation of miscount in an election 'petition. c The appellant was one-of the 19 candidates for the 11 members to be elected at the biennial election for electing members to ,Council of States from the !I"'! consti1uency of el~cted m~mbers of the Uttar Prad"'sh Legislative Assembly, at the election held on 28th March, 1979. ' , The election was to be in accOrdance with the ·sYstem of proportional representation by means of single trans_fcrable ~ote. Io

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