Supreme Court of India
Tej Bahadur v. Shri Narendra Modi
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What the Court ordered
We are of the view that the mandate of the law that suc h a person shall not be deemed to be duly nominated must be given fu ll effect and no person must be considered as entitled to claim that he has been duly nominated even though he does not comply with the requirement of law.
Judgment, page 9
From the headnote
Representation of the People Act, 1951– ss.9(2), 33, 79, 81, 83, 86 – Election Petition filed by appellant questioned the el ection of respondent to 17th Lok Sabha from Varanasi Parli amentary Constituency – Dismissed by High Court – On appeal, held: s.81 provides that an Election Petition may be presented by any elector or any candidate at such election– Appellant is admitt edly not an elector registered in the Varanasi constituency – He was an employee of BSF but was dismissed from service – He filed two nominati ons – Admittedly his nomination paper was not accompanied with a certificate,
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- 1977 T. Arivandandam v. T. V. Satyapal & Another
- 1983 Charan Lal Sahu & Others v. Giani Zail Singh & Another
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- 2005 Bolin Chetia v. Jogadish Bhuyan and Ors.
- 1978 Charan Lal Sahu v. Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy
- 1997 Shri Charan Lal Sahu and Anr. v. Shri K.R. Narayanan and Anr.
- 2002 Charan Lal Sahu v. Dr. Apj Abdul Kalam and Ors.
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