Supreme Court of India

Jagannath Ramchandra Nunekar v. Genu Govind Kadam & Others

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Reported as [1988] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 1063
Bench E.S. Venkataramiah and N.D. Ojha JJ.
Decided 14 September 1988

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the rejection of the nomination paper of the appellant was improper.

Judgment, page 16

From the headnote

Representation of the People Act, 1950/Representation of the People Act 1951/Registration of Electors Rules, 1960-Sections 33, 32, JOO(l)(c) and 116A/Section 36(7)/Rules 18, 20, 21, 21A and 22- Nomination Paper rejection of by Returning Officer-Ground that certified copy of relevant entry was from electoral roll that was not the latest-No prescription requiring certified copy to state dates on which basic roll or supplement had been published. The appellant, who was an elector in the Shivaji Nagar Assembly Constituency in Pune, intended to contest the bye-election to fill a seat in the

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 2 mentioned

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