Supreme Court of India
State Election Commissioner, Bihar Patna & Others v. Janakdhari Prasad and Others
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What the Court ordered
In view of the above reasons, we must hold that the appellant was not disqualified for election under Article 191 of the Constitution.
Judgment, page 17
From the headnote
Bihar Panchayat Raj Act, 1993 – s.139(1)(c) – Disqualification – Election of respondent to the post of member in the Panchayat Samiti – Disqualified by the Election Commis sion – Disqualification on the ground that respondent was a ppointed as Assistant Government Advocate under the State Gover nment and was receiving fees for the cases conducted by him f rom the Government and hence, was deemed to be in service of the State – High Court set aside the order – Division Bench upheld the same – On appeal, held: There was no master-servant relati onship – Respondent was not amenable to any
Authorities it was built on
- 1990 Kumari Shrilekha Vidyarthi Etc. Etc v. State of U.P. and Ors.
- 1957 The Commissioner of Income-tax v. M/s. Mcmillan & Co.
- 1976 Madhuker G. E. Pankakar v. Jaswant Chobbildas Rajani & Ors.
- 2006 Jaya Bachchan v. Union of India and Ors.
- 2001 Shibu Soren v. Dayanand Sahay and Ors.
- 1969 Kanta Kathuria v. Manak Chand Surana
- 1984 Ashok Kumar Bhattacharyya v. Ajoy Biswas and Ors.
- 1979 Mundrika Prasad Sinha v. State of Bihar
- 1988 Mukul Dalal Etc. Etc. v. Union of India & Ors. Etc. Etc.
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