Supreme Court of India

Michael B. Fernandes v. C.K. Jaffer Sharief and Ors.

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Reported as [2002] 1 S.C.R. 1053
Bench G.B. Pattanaik, S.N. Phukan and S.N. Variava JJ.
Decided 14 February 2001

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Election Law: Representation of the People Act, 1951: c Section 82- -Parties to the Election Petition-Held: the returned candidate and the candidate against whom allegations of corrupt practice have been made are only to be joined as party respondents- However, if any other candidates is sought to be declared as duly elected then all the contesting candidates are required to be made party respondents-Hence, an election petition which does not make the persons enumerated in S.82 as party respondents is liable to be dismissed. The appellant had filed an election petition before the High Court

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