Supreme Court of India

G.V. Sreerama Reddy and Anr. v. Returning Officer and Ors.

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Reported as [2009] 13 S.C.R. 245
Bench D.K. Jain and P. Sathasivam JJ.
Decided 11 August 2009

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Representation of the People Act, 1951: s. 81 (1) - Election petitioner has to be present personally at the time of presentation of election petition. Interpretation of statutes: Special statute - Interpretation of - Held: Statute enacted for specific purpose must be measured from wordings of statutes and legislative intent behind it - Representation of the People Act, 1951. The question which arose for consideration in the present appeal is whether the High Court was justified in upholding the objections of the Registry that there was no proper presentation of election petition in terms of

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