Supreme Court of India

Ram Pal Singh v. State of U.P. & Ors.

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Reported as [2018] 3 S.C.R. 971
Bench Madan B. Lokur and Deepak Gupta JJ.
Decided 24 April 2018

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In view of the above, it was held that since the name of the proposer appeared in the notification published under Section 73 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 there was no infirmity i n the nomination of the candidate to the Rajya Sabha.

Judgment, page 15

From the headnote

Uttar Pradesh Kshettra Panchayats and Zila Panchaya ts Adhiniyam, 1961: ss. 6(1)(b) and 15 r/w r. 3(3) of Uttar Pradesh Ksh ettra Panchayats and Zila Panchayats (Oath of Office of Ad hyaksha or Pramukh Etc.) Rules, 1994 – No confidence motion ag ainst ‘Pramukh’ of Kshetra Panchayat – Moved by 39 elected members – Plea of the ‘Pramukh’ (petitioner) that the requisi tion for no confidence motion was not maintainable in view of s. 1 5 because the same can be considered to have been signed only by 26 ele cted members (i.e. less than half the total number i.e. 63 elected membe rs) as 13 elected

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