Supreme Court of India

Pukhrem Sharatchandra Singh v. Mairembam Prithviraj@ Prithibiraj Singh

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Reported as [2015] 10 S.C.R. 591
Bench Dipak Misra and Prafulla C. Pant JJ.
Decided 1 October 2015

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Representation of the People Act, 1951: s.86(7) - Election petition - Delay in disposal of election petition - Role of Election Tribunal - Respondent-elected candidate filed written statement two years after the main election petition - Adjournment was sought by respondent from time to time - Appeal by election petitioner challenging the manner in which the trial was conducted an__d the dilatory 0 tactics adopted by the respondent to delay the hearing of the election petition - Held: An election petition has to be decided in quite promptitude as there is an obligation cast upon the Court to

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