Supreme Court of India
Election Commission of India v. Shivaji & Ors.
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What the Court ordered
We are of the view that both the interim orders the one passed on 26. 9 .1987 postponing the last date of withdrawal of candidatures from 28.9.1987 to 1.10.1987 and the other passed on .._. 16.10, 1987 were without jurisdiction.
Judgment, page 12
From the headnote
c Representation of the People Act, 1951-Whether High Court can entertain a petition questioning an election under Article 226 of the Constitution and rectify an error in the process of election before decla ration of result of election held under the provisions. The Governor of Maharashtra by a notification dated 18th September, 1987, issued under section 16 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 ('the Act') called upon six local authorities Consti tuencies in the State of Maharashtra to elect one member from each of the said constituencies to fill the vacancies in the Maharashtra
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