Supreme Court of India

Tanaji Ramchandra Nimhan v. Swati Vinayak Nimhan and Ors

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Reported as [2006] 1 S.C.R. 948
Bench S.B. Sinha J.
Decided 31 January 2006

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that the election petitioner E has not supplied adequate material in support of her prayer for an order of recount and there is no sufficient reason for ordering a recount.

Judgment, page 11

From the headnote

Election laws: Election dispute-Recounting-Sought on grounds (a) counting staff failed to show ballot papers to candidate or their agent before bundling them (b) improper identification of invalid votes (c) announcement of prize for returning officer who finished counting and announced the results first resulted in hasty counting-Small Cause Court and High Court directing recounting--On appeal, held: Nothing specific was established either regarding irregularity in process that was undertaken or segregation of votes secured by candidates-The announcement of prize was bona fide and, apart from

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 3 mentioned

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