Supreme Court of India

Tej Bahadur v. Shri Narendra Modi

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Reported as [2020] 13 S.C.R. 554
Bench S. A. Bobde, A. S. Bopanna and V. Ramasubramanian JJ.
Decided 24 November 2020

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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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