Supreme Court of India

Balram Singh Yadav@ Balram Yadav v. Abhay Kumar Singh

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Reported as [2014] 7 S.C.R. 532
Bench Dipak Misra and N.V. Ramana JJ.
Decided 13 May 2014

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What the Court ordered

In view of the foregoing analysis, we have no scintilla of doubt that the High Court has fallen into serious error by 3. (1990) 1 sec.

Judgment, page 11

From the headnote

Representation of People Act, 1951 - Section 33(5) - Compliance of - Rejection of nomination paper - For non- e filing of current electoral roll which was required since the candidate belonged to another constituency - Held: Is not a case of improper rejection - Current electoral roll is to filed along with the nomination paper, otherwise it would tantamount to non-compliance of s. 33(5) of the Act - Once the court comes to the· conclusion that the nomination paper had been improperly rejected, it is obliged in law to declare the election void - Thus, on facts, High Court not justified in

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