Supreme Court of India

Devendra Patel v. Ram Pal Singh & Ors.

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Reported as [2013] 10 S.C.R. 291
Bench R.M. Lodha and Madan B. Lokur JJ.
Decided 6 September 2013

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Representation of the People Act, 1951 - s. 79(b) and 82(b) - Person whose nomination rejected, whether can be considered as a 'candidate' for the purpose of s.82(b) - Held: Where nomination of person is rejected on the ground of such person being disqualified, he is neither a duly nominated candidate nor he can claim to be duly nominated candidate, within the meaning of s. 79(b) ~ Therefore, he cannot be considered as 'candidate' for the purpose of s.82(b). The question for consideration in the present appeal was whether the person whose nomination was rejected, must be considered as a

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