JYOTI BASU Vs. DEBI GHOSAL
LAWS(SC)-1982-2-23
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA (FROM: CALCUTTA)
Decided on February 26,1982

JYOTI BASU Appellant
VERSUS
DEBI GHOSAL Respondents





Cited Judgements :-

ABDUR RAHIM BOXI VS. SOUMITRA ROY [LAWS(CAL)-2010-8-32] [REFERRED TO]
GANGA SINGH VS. MANSA RAM [LAWS(HPH)-1998-9-12] [REFERRED TO]
S. KARUPPIAH VS. THE GOVERNMENT OF TAMIL NADU AND ORS. [LAWS(MAD)-2015-3-634] [REFERRED TO]
PORBANDAR MUNICIPALITY VS. STATE OF GUJARAT [LAWS(GJH)-2012-12-178] [REFERRED TO]
FOHARA BAI MIRI VS. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH [LAWS(CHH)-2018-8-83] [REFERRED TO]
BAJRANG S/O MANOHAR SONAVANE VS. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA [LAWS(BOM)-2018-5-17] [REFERRED TO]
SUJEET KUMAR SINGH VS. STATE OF U.P [LAWS(ALL)-2013-3-33] [REFERRED TO]
C/M PARA VIDYA PRASARINI SAMITI PRESIDENT & 2 ORS VS. STATE OF U P & 3 OTHERS [LAWS(ALL)-2014-4-498] [REFERRED]
KULDEEP SINGH PATHANIA VS. BIKRAM SINGH JARYAL [LAWS(HPH)-2014-1-5] [REFERRED TO]
CHANDRA NARAIN TRIPATHI VS. KAPIL MUNI KARWARIYA [LAWS(ALL)-2011-5-74] [REFERRED TO]
RANGNATH MISHRA VS. RAMESH CHAND [LAWS(ALL)-2020-1-321] [REFERRED TO]
KAMLESH KUMARI VS. STATE OF U.P. AND ORS. [LAWS(ALL)-2015-3-31] [REFERRED TO]
UMA SHANKER SINGH VS. PRINCIPAL SECRETARY TO HIS EXCELLENCY GOVERNOR OF U P LUCKNOW [LAWS(ALL)-2015-5-161] [REFERRED TO]
SMT. ARCHANA VS. SMT. PREMLATA AND 9 OTHERS [LAWS(ALL)-2017-3-107] [REFERRED TO]
SIDDARAMAIAH VS. ANWARI BASAVARAJ PATIL [LAWS(KAR)-1993-12-10] [FOLLOWED ON]
B JAVARAYAGOUDA VS. STATE OF KARNATAKA [LAWS(KAR)-1997-2-8] [REFERRED TO]
K S ESHWARAPPA VS. H M CHANDRASHEKARAPPA [LAWS(KAR)-2000-10-10] [REFERRED TO]
A SIDDARAJU VS. RETURNING OFFICER AND DEPUTY COMMISSIONER CHAMARAJANAGAR DISTRICT [LAWS(KAR)-2001-4-28] [REFERRED TO]
ARUN KUMAR BOSE VS. MORD FURKAN ANSARI [LAWS(SC)-1983-9-51] [FOLLOWED]
B SUNDARA RAMI REDDY VS. ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA [LAWS(SC)-1991-2-56] [REFERRED TO]
KIHOTO HOLLOHAN VS. ZACHILLHU [LAWS(SC)-1992-2-71] [RELIED ON]
MOHANLAL TRIPATHI VS. DISTRICT MAGISTRATE RAI BAREILLY [LAWS(SC)-1992-5-50] [RELIED ON]
VINAYAK KAMAT TARCAR VS. STATE OF GOA [LAWS(BOM)-1999-9-79] [REFERRED TO]
SHREEDHAR SHANAI VS. CHIEF ELECTORAL OFFICER [LAWS(KAR)-1990-6-49] [REFERRED TO]
HARDAYAL SINGH MEHTA VS. MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF DELHI [LAWS(DLH)-1990-1-7] [REFERRED 16,23]
MEERABAI SHANKAR GAJBHE VS. SUMAN PARMESHWAR RANGARI [LAWS(BOM)-2010-4-104] [REFERRED TO]
DEPUTY DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT OFFICER VS. NATHABHAI PRABHUDAS PATEL [LAWS(GJH)-2021-12-844] [REFERRED TO]
NANA FALGUNRAO PATOLE VS. NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI [LAWS(BOM)-2022-9-200] [REFERRED TO]
RAVINDER KUMARA RAWAL VS. V.K. SOOD [LAWS(P&H)-2010-1-555] [REFERRED TO]
GURLAL SINGH VS. PRESIDING OFFICER, ELECTION TRIBUNAL [LAWS(P&H)-2010-3-42] [REFERRED TO]
DEEPA DEVI VS. RAKHSA BHANDARI & ORS. [LAWS(RAJ)-2016-4-148] [REFERRED TO]
SAROJ GOPAL VS. STATE ELECTION COMMISSIONER [LAWS(DLH)-2017-4-140] [REFERRED TO]
JANABAI VS. DISTRICT CO-OPERATIVE ELECTION AUTHORITY AND THE DIVISIONAL JOINT REGISTRAR, CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES NASHIK DIVISION, NASHIK [LAWS(BOM)-2023-1-172] [REFERRED TO]
SURYAPRAKASH MISHRA VS. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH [LAWS(MPH)-2017-3-60] [REFERRED TO]
KANTA SHARMA VS. INSTITUTE OF CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS OF INDIA AND ANR [LAWS(DLH)-2018-10-275] [REFERRED TO]
R THIRUMAVALAVAN VS. SUMATHI UDAYAKUMAR [LAWS(MAD)-2003-4-101] [REFERRED TO]
JIT SINGH VS. STATE OF PUNJAB [LAWS(P&H)-1995-2-77] [REFERRED TO]
SHAM LAL VS. STATE ELECTION COMMISSION CHANDIGARH [LAWS(P&H)-1996-8-10] [REFERRED TO]
DIPAK CH RUHIDAS VS. CHANDAN KR SARKAR [LAWS(GAU)-2002-7-6] [REFERRED TO]
PABINDRA DEKA VS. MONOANJN DAS [LAWS(GAU)-2004-8-6] [REFERRED TO]
ABDUL JABBAR VS. SYEDA ANWARA TAIMUR AND ORS. [LAWS(GAU)-1985-8-11] [REFERRED TO]
PALLVIKA PATEL VS. STATE ELECTION COMMISSION [LAWS(MPH)-2001-4-29] [REFERRED TO]
AHAMMEDKUTTY VS. ALI [LAWS(KER)-2003-3-117] [REFERRED TO]
JAMEELA IBRAHIMKUTTY VS. SELMATH [LAWS(KER)-2006-10-23] [REFERRED TO]
RAMESH CHAND VS. MAHENDER SINGH AND OTHERS [LAWS(HPH)-2018-12-44] [REFERRED TO]
EDAPADDI K. PALANISWAMI VS. T.T.V. DHINAKARAN AND OTHERS [LAWS(SC)-2019-2-24] [REFERRED TO]
AFJAL ANSARI VS. STATE OF U.P. [LAWS(SC)-2023-12-24] [REFERRED TO]
LOUISE KHURSHID INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS VS. KULDEEP GANGWAR [LAWS(ALL)-2008-4-56] [REFERRED TO]
HARI OM YADAV VS. STATE OF U P [LAWS(ALL)-2006-1-105] [REFERRED TO]
LAKSHMIKANTA K VS. STATE OF KARNATAKA [LAWS(KAR)-2022-4-11] [REFERRED TO]
S. KUMARAVEL VS. S.V. SUKUMARAN AND OTHERS [LAWS(MAD)-2018-1-462] [REFERRED TO]
JASPAL VS. CIVIL JUDGE SENIOR DIVISION [LAWS(P&H)-1999-7-70] [REFERRED]
THANGJAM MOHENDRO SINGH VS. THOKCHOM LOKESHWAR SINGH [LAWS(MANIP)-2019-7-8] [REFERRED TO]
THANGJAM MOHENDRO SINGH VS. THOKCHOM LOKESHWAR SINGH [LAWS(MANIP)-2019-7-8] [REFERRED TO]
KHUMANO BAI VS. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH [LAWS(MPH)-1994-7-58] [REFERRED TO]
VIPULBHAI M. CHAUDHARY VS. GUJARAT COOPERATIVE MILK MARKETING FEDERATION LTD. AND ORS. [LAWS(SC)-2015-3-101] [REFERRED TO]
JANARDAN SINGH VS. STATE OF BIHAR [LAWS(PAT)-2010-9-208] [REFERRED TO]
SHANTI DEVI VS. RETURNING OFFICER (CONSTITUENCY 341 SALEMPUR) DEORIA AND ORS. [LAWS(ALL)-2015-1-169] [REFERRED TO]
COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT MAHARANA PRATAP VIDYALAYA PRABANDH SMITI BHADWARA KANPUR VS. STATE OF U.P. [LAWS(ALL)-2013-11-58] [REFERRED TO]
AMIT NARAIN RAI VS. STATE OF U P [LAWS(ALL)-2012-4-153] [REFERRED TO]
SUMIT VS. CHIEF ELECTION OFFICER [LAWS(CI)-2015-8-5] [REFERRED TO]
HIRA SINGH VS. HARI RAM [LAWS(DLH)-1983-9-34] [REFERRED]
R P NAUTIYAL VS. CHANDRA MOHAN [LAWS(ALL)-1984-11-3] [REFERRED TO]
MARIYAPPA NARASAPPA HALAVAGALA VS. CHIEF SECRETARY [LAWS(KAR)-1988-8-66] [REFERRED TO]
SUBHAN KHAN VS. J H PATEL [LAWS(KAR)-1995-7-72] [REFERRED]
NARAYAN CHANDRA NAYAK VS. HARISH CHANDRA JENA AND ORS. [LAWS(ORI)-2008-11-43] [REFERRED TO]
BHEESHMA SHARMA VS. SAHAB SINGH CHAUHAN [LAWS(DLH)-2010-3-141] [REFERRED TO]
A P SARPANCHES ASSOCIATION VS. UNION OF INDIA [LAWS(APH)-2007-2-91] [REFERRED TO]
MANDADI SATYANARAYANA REDDY VS. ANDHRA PRADESH LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY [LAWS(APH)-2009-4-60] [REFERRED TO]
LAGADAPATI RAJA GOPAL VS. SUNKARA KRISHNA MURTHY [LAWS(APH)-2010-4-117] [REFERRED TO]
SATINDER SINGH VS. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS [LAWS(P&H)-2017-8-212] [REFERRED TO]
SINGH SHAMSHER RAMBAHAL VS. ELECTION COMMISSIONER [LAWS(BOM)-2010-8-39] [REFERRED TO]
RETURNING OFFICER VS. PATHIREDDY RAJESHWAR REDDY [LAWS(TLNG)-2022-12-93] [REFERRED TO]
NATVARSINH SARDARSINH MAHIDA VS. GUJARAT STATE ELECTION COMMISSION [LAWS(GJH)-2021-2-69] [REFERRED TO]
MD SHAMIM, SON OF LATE SHEIKH JUMAID ALI VS. STATE OF BIHAR THROUGH PRINCIPAL SECRETARY [LAWS(PAT)-2018-1-198] [REFERRED TO]
VIVEK TIWARI VS. DIVYARAJ SINGH [LAWS(MPH)-2016-2-135] [REFERRED]
AJAY KUMAR DOHAR VS. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS [LAWS(MPH)-2017-11-280] [REFERRED TO]
KHEMKARAN SANODIYA VS. UNION OF INDIA [LAWS(MPH)-2005-2-24] [REFERRED TO]
PRATAP CHANDRA MEHTA VS. STATE BAR COUNCIL OF M P [LAWS(MPH)-2011-5-11] [REFERRED TO]
PANKAJ CHOUDHARY VS. KAILASH CHOUDHARY [LAWS(RAJ)-2021-4-99] [REFERRED TO]
K NAGESWARA RAO VS. V VENKATESWARA RAO [LAWS(APH)-1992-1-17] [REFERRED TO]
C PARASURAM VS. M VENKATARAMI [LAWS(APH)-1984-4-11] [REFERRED TO]
VED PRAKASH VS. SUNIL KUMAR JHA AND ORS. [LAWS(DLH)-2016-2-86] [REFERRED TO]
DILIP CHOUDHARY VS. SURENDRA GOYAL [LAWS(RAJ)-1999-5-29] [REFERRED 13 NAVRANG SINGH V. BHANWAR SINGH,1981 ELECTION PETN. NO. 16 OF 1980,D/- 21-4-1981 (RAJASTH]
NITIN BANDOPANT SALAGRE VS. STATE ELECTION COMMISSION [LAWS(SC)-2019-8-13] [REFERRED TO]
SHRINIWAS VS. KESHRI CHAND [LAWS(RAJ)-1982-12-12] [REFERRED TO]
AZMAT ALI KHAN VS. THE STATE OF PUNJAB [LAWS(P&H)-2001-11-89] [REFERRED TO]
K.RADHAKRISHNAN VS. SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT [LAWS(MAD)-2019-2-341] [REFERRED TO]
R. BASAVARAJ VS. STATE OF KARNATAKA URBAN DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT [LAWS(KAR)-2020-11-93] [REFERRED TO]
PRAKASH BAJAJ VS. SRI ARUN SINGH [LAWS(ALL)-2022-7-61] [REFERRED TO]
ANOOP BARANWAL VS. UNION OF INDIA [LAWS(SC)-2023-3-130] [REFERRED TO]
COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT J V JAIN COLLEGE VS. CHAUDHARY CHARAN SINGH UNIVERSITY [LAWS(ALL)-2002-10-64] [REFERRED TO]
MUNNA LAL GUPTA CHAIRMAN NAGAR PANCHAYAT S O SHRI LAKHAN LAL GUPTA VS. STATE OF U P [LAWS(ALL)-2005-5-221] [REFERRED TO]
HARI OM YADAV VS. STATE OF U P [LAWS(ALL)-2006-1-129] [REFERRED TO]
AMRENDRA SINGH VS. STATE OF U P [LAWS(ALL)-2007-10-52] [REFERRED TO]
RAM PAL SINGH VS. STATE OF U P [LAWS(ALL)-2015-5-99] [REFERRED TO]
BIDESH SINGH VS. MADHU SINGH [LAWS(JHAR)-2004-8-56] [REFERRED TO]
KAMAL KANT PRASAD SINHA VS. UNION OF INDIA [LAWS(JHAR)-2008-4-62] [REFERRED TO]
RANJEET KUMAR JHA VS. STATE OF BIHAR [LAWS(PAT)-2011-11-76] [REFERRED TO]
REVURI PRAKASH REDDY VS. M OMKAR [LAWS(APH)-1995-10-5] [REFERRED TO]
K PREM SINGH RATHORE VS. RETURNING OFFICER MAHARAJGUNJ ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCY HYD [LAWS(APH)-1996-5-10] [REFERRED TO]
MILAN GUPTA VS. STATE ELECTION COMMISSION AND ORS. [LAWS(DLH)-2016-3-62] [REFERRED TO]
DR. V.K. AGRAWAL VS. UNIVERSITY OF DELHI & ORS [LAWS(DLH)-2016-7-222] [REFERRED TO]
A. MEENAKSHI CHANDELA A. VS. STATE ELECTION COMMISSIONER AND ORS [LAWS(DLH)-2017-3-97] [REFERRED TO]
SUREKHA VS. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA [LAWS(BOM)-2023-10-78] [REFERRED TO]
KOTLA VIJAYABHASKARA REDDY VS. RANUKA CHOUDARY [LAWS(APH)-1993-11-19] [REFERRED TO]
KARAN SHARMA VS. RAGHUNATH AGARWAL [LAWS(RAJ)-2021-11-169] [REFERRED TO]
GOPIKRISHNA NEMA VS. ASHWIN JOSHI [LAWS(MPH)-2012-9-260] [REFERRED TO]
BACHCHU SINGH SON OF CHIRANJEE, BY CASTE JAT, RESIDENT OF PAHARSAR, TEHSIL NADBAI, DISTRICT BHARATPUR, RAJASTHAN VS. KAMALDEEP SINGH SON OF GURU CHARAN SINGH, BY CASTE JATT SIKH, RESIDENT OF PAHARSAR, TEHSIL NADBAI, DISTRICT BHARATPUR, RAJASTHAN [LAWS(RAJ)-2016-11-38] [REFERRED TO]
PREMCHAND GUDDU VS. CHINTAMANI MALVIYA AND ORS. [LAWS(MPH)-2015-9-146] [REFERRED TO]
JERUSALEM MATHAI, HYDERABAD VS. STATE OF TELANGANA [LAWS(APH)-2016-6-94] [REFERRED TO]
KULWANT SINGH MANAGING DIRECTOR OF THE NAWANSHAHR CENTRAL CO-OPERATIVE BANK VS. STATE OF PUNJAB [LAWS(P&H)-1994-9-10] [REFERRED TO]
LAL CHAND VS. STATE OF HARYANA [LAWS(P&H)-1998-5-9] [REFERRED TO]
RAM PAL SINGH VS. DEVENDRA PATEL [LAWS(MPH)-2009-7-35] [REFERRED TO]
(SUSHRI) MANORAMA GOUR VS. STATE OF M.P. AND ANR. [LAWS(MPH)-2003-7-120] [REFERRED TO]
GANESH VS. STATE OF M P [LAWS(MPH)-2001-4-64] [REFERRED TO]
AJAMEERA HARI NAIK VS. SUMAN RATHOD [LAWS(APH)-2010-11-27] [REFERRED]
SWAPAN ROY VS. PRADHUT BORDOLOLI [LAWS(GAU)-1999-12-3] [REFERRED TO]
MISSION RANJAN DAS VS. HAFIZ RASHID AHMES CHOUDHURY [LAWS(GAU)-2001-12-22] [REFERRED TO]
UTPAL DUTTA VS. INDRA GOGOI [LAWS(GAU)-2002-8-22] [REFERRED TO]
JITU PATNAIK VS. SANATAN MOHAKUD [LAWS(SC)-2012-3-1] [REFERRED TO]
MICHAEL B FERNANDES VS. C K JAFFER SHARIEF [LAWS(SC)-2002-2-1] [REFERRED]
JAVED VS. STATE OF HARYANA [LAWS(SC)-2003-7-48] [REFERRED]
UMESH PANDEY VS. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH [LAWS(MPH)-1989-6-8] [REFERRED TO]
ANIL KUMAR JHA VS. STATE OF BIHAR [LAWS(PAT)-2007-12-23] [REFERRED TO]
SANJAY DAS VS. STATE OF BIHAR WITH [LAWS(PAT)-2009-9-51] [REFERRED TO]
BABU K. KORAH VS. STATE OF KERALA [LAWS(KER)-2024-10-93] [REFERRED TO]
RAVI YASHWANT BHOIR VS. DISTRICT COLLECTOR, RAIGAD [LAWS(SC)-2012-3-4] [REFERRED TO]
RAJBALA & OTHERS VS. STATE OF HARYANA & OTHERS [LAWS(SC)-2015-12-26] [REFERRED TO]
K.DEVADASS VS. STATE OF TAMILNADU [LAWS(MAD)-2020-2-182] [REFERRED TO]
UMA KANT YADAV VS. STATE OF BIHAR THROUGH CHIEF SECRETARY [LAWS(PAT)-2017-1-160] [REFERRED TO]
RAJNI BHANDARI VS. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND [LAWS(UTN)-2024-1-57] [REFERRED TO]
KRISHNA PANCHAMRAO KHOPADE VS. SATISH JHAULAL CHATURVEDI [LAWS(BOM)-2007-8-211] [REFERRED TO]
BALVANT SINH RAJPUT VS. PATEL AHMED MOHAMMAD [LAWS(GJH)-2018-4-101] [REFERRED TO]
NAGAR PANCHAYAT, SAFIPUR VS. STATE OF U P [LAWS(ALL)-2014-11-129] [REFERRED TO]
SANTOSH NAMDEO, S/O LATE KHORBAHRA NAMDEO VS. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH, THROUGH SPECIAL SECRETARY, [LAWS(CHH)-2017-10-20] [REFERRED TO]
MANRAKHAN DEWANGAN VS. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH AND OTHERS [LAWS(CHH)-2017-10-59] [REFERRED TO]
SANDEEP YASHWANTRAO SARODE VS. ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA [LAWS(BOM)-2019-4-45] [REFERRED TO]
AMAR VS. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA, THROUGH ITS SECRETARY, URBAN DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, MANTRALAYA, MUMBAI [LAWS(BOM)-2018-10-209] [REFERRED TO]
AMAR VS. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA, THROUGH ITS SECRETARY, URBAN DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, MANTRALAYA, MUMBAI [LAWS(BOM)-2018-10-209] [REFERRED TO]
NEELAM SONKAR VS. BALI RAM [LAWS(ALL)-2011-10-83] [REFERRED TO]
TIKAM SINGH VS. STATE OF U P [LAWS(ALL)-2011-3-146] [REFERRED TO]
KHEM SINGH PACHHARA VS. STATE OF U P [LAWS(ALL)-2011-4-41] [REFERRED TO]
D SUDHAKAR VS. D N JEEVARAJU [LAWS(KAR)-2011-2-37] [REFERRED TO]
D T SRIDHAR VS. B K SANGAMESHWAR [LAWS(KAR)-2011-7-16] [REFERRED TO]
MALLIKARJUNAGOUDA VS. PRINCIPAL MUNSIFF HUBLI [LAWS(KAR)-1995-7-47] [FOLLOWED ON]
M G ACHAPPA VS. PRESCRIBED OFFICER TO HOLD ELECTIONS OF ADHYAKSHA UPADHYAKSHA OF GONIKOPPAL [LAWS(KAR)-1996-8-58] [FOLLOWED ON]
ANSARI ASRAF AZAMI @ ASRAF AZMI VS. ANSARI SANA MASOOD D/O.MASOOD ANSARI [LAWS(BOM)-2013-1-63] [REFERRED TO]
P NALLA THAMPY TERAH VS. UNION OF INDIA [LAWS(SC)-1985-5-5] [FOLLOWED]
ARIMARDAN SINGH VS. CHOTTEY LAL MISRA [LAWS(ALL)-1992-10-3] [REFERRED TO]
RAM AVATAR PANDEY VS. UNION OF INDIA [LAWS(SC)-1993-2-114] [REFERRED TO]
VASANTBHAI VADILAL JOSHI VS. LAXMIKUVAR VIRENDRASINH PARMAR [LAWS(GJH)-2021-9-118] [REFERRED TO]
ANSAR AHMAD VS. SUB DIVISIONAL OFFICER KAIRANA [LAWS(ALL)-1998-10-36] [REFERRED TO]
P ANGALANE VS. B KOBIGA [LAWS(MAD)-2018-1-167] [REFERRED TO]
SURINDER KUMAR VS. RANJIT SINGH [LAWS(DLH)-2014-12-295] [REFERRED TO]
RAM PARTAP CHANDEL VS. CHAUDHARY LAJJA RAM [LAWS(HPH)-1994-5-5] [REFERRED TO]
SASWATI PATRA VS. SARASWATI BISWAL [LAWS(ORI)-2016-5-16] [REFERRED TO]
SUSHEELA VS. RETURNING OFFICER-CUM-SECRETARY [LAWS(MAD)-2012-2-402] [REFERRED TO]
NATARAJU VS. A. N. AJAYKUMAR [LAWS(KAR)-2023-9-93] [REFERRED TO]
GYANVEER SINGH VS. STATE OF U.P. AND ORS. [LAWS(ALL)-2020-2-535] [REFERRED TO]
SUMITRA DEVI VS. SPECIAL JUDGE / ADDL DISTT & SESS JUDGE [LAWS(ALL)-2020-6-61] [REFERRED TO]
MAHADEV SINGH AND ORS. VS. UP-ZILADHIKARI/PRESCRIBED AUTH. AND ORS. [LAWS(ALL)-2015-4-19] [REFERRED TO]
IRSHAD FATMA VS. STATE OF U.P. [LAWS(ALL)-2019-12-240] [REFERRED TO]
NAWAB KAZIM ALI KHAN VS. MOHD ABDULLAH AZAM KHAN [LAWS(ALL)-2019-1-102] [REFERRED TO]
BANWARI LAL KANCHAL VS. BHARTENDU AGARWAL [LAWS(ALL)-2019-11-210] [REFERRED TO]
ARCHANA M G VS. ABHILASHA [LAWS(KAR)-2022-3-114] [REFERRED TO]
MAHESH DAS RATRE VS. STATE OF C G [LAWS(CHH)-2006-2-35] [REFERRED TO]
M. ISAAC VS. STATE OF MANIPUR [LAWS(GAU)-2024-3-3] [REFERRED TO]
STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH & OTHERS VS. SUVIDA SERVICES & OTHERS [LAWS(MPH)-2018-4-37] [REFERRED TO]
HEMANT KATARE VS. O.P.S. BHADORIYA [LAWS(MPH)-2022-2-15] [REFERRED TO]
DEV NARAYAN SAHU VS. STATE OF BIHAR [LAWS(PAT)-2024-1-109] [REFERRED TO]
CHANDRA PRAKASH VS. STATE OF BIHAR [LAWS(PAT)-2020-3-5] [REFERRED TO]
KIRAN AND ANR VS. SHANTILAL BHAGCHAND KOCHETA JAIN & ORS [LAWS(DLH)-2017-1-157] [REFERRED TO]
DIBYENDU MAZUMDAR VS. UNION OF INDIA [LAWS(DLH)-2021-7-37] [REFERRED TO]
JYOTIN WAIKHOM VS. KHUMUKCHAM JOYKISHAN SINGH [LAWS(MANIP)-2020-9-1] [REFERRED TO]
KHWAIRAKPAM LOKEN SINGH VS. RAJKUMAR IMO SINGH [LAWS(MANIP)-2021-9-7] [REFERRED TO]
STATE OF MEGHALAYA VS. BRIGHTSTARWELL MARBANIANG [LAWS(MEGH)-2023-8-12] [REFERRED TO]
PEOPLES UNION FOR CIVIL LIBERTIES VS. UNION OF INDIA [LAWS(SC)-2003-3-104] [REFERRED . (PARA 68)]
PEOPLES UNION FOR CIVIL LIBERTIES VS. UNION OF INDIA [LAWS(SC)-2003-3-104] [REFERRED . (PARA 101)]
ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA VS. TELANGANA RASTRA SAMITHI [LAWS(SC)-2010-12-59] [REFERRED TO]
MD ALAUDDIN KHAN VS. KARAM THAMARLIT SINGH [LAWS(SC)-2010-7-19] [REFERRED TO]
NEENA VIKRAM VERMA VS. BALMUKUND SINGH GAUTAM [LAWS(SC)-2013-4-50] [REFERRED TO]
RADHARANI MAHADEV KOLAMBE BELGAUM VS. STATE OF KARNATAKA, REP. BY ITS SECRETARY [LAWS(KAR)-2013-1-78] [REFERRED TO]
MUKTIDANI SUMBRUI VS. RADHE MUNDA [LAWS(PAT)-1987-12-13] [DISTINGUISHED]
SUNAKAR RAUT VS. STATE OF ORISSA [LAWS(ORI)-1996-3-11] [REFERRED TO]
SONU VS. STATE OF HARYANA [LAWS(P&H)-2019-5-179] [REFERRED TO]
ANAND PRADHAN AND OTHERS VS. VICE [LAWS(ALL)-1993-9-91] [REFERRED TO]
HARI KRISHNA LAL VS. ATAL BIHARI BAJPAI [LAWS(ALL)-2002-1-15] [REFERRED TO]
CHIEF OFFICER PANVEL MUNICIPAL COUNCIL VS. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA [LAWS(BOM)-2008-4-109] [REFERRED TO]
PRINCIPAL SUHAIL LOKHANDWALA VS. MOHAN VISHNU RAWALE [LAWS(BOM)-1998-9-185] [REFERRED]
RAHUL GANDHI VS. PURNESH ISHWERBHAI MODI [LAWS(GJH)-2023-7-7] [REFERRED TO]
SANTOSH CHANDANSINGH RAWAT VS. DIVISIONAL COMMISSIONER [LAWS(BOM)-2009-7-134] [REFERRED TO]
ELLECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA VS. CHANDAN KUMAR SARKAR [LAWS(GAU)-1995-12-2] [REFERRED TO]
DIPAK CHANDRA RUHIDAS VS. CHANDAN KUMAR SARKAR [LAWS(GAU)-2001-7-1] [REFERRED TO]
RAM PAL SINGH VS. DEVENDRA PATEL [LAWS(MPH)-2009-7-52] [REFERRED TO]
BALDEV SINGH VS. STATE OF PUNJAB [LAWS(P&H)-1993-5-75] [REFERRED TO]
BABU LAL SINGAL VS. STATE OF HARYANA [LAWS(P&H)-1994-11-60] [REFERRED TO]
CHALLA SWAROOPA VS. DISTRICT COLLECTOR [LAWS(APH)-2014-6-10] [REFERRED TO]
DAMODARAN G VS. STATE OF KARNATAKA [LAWS(KAR)-1989-3-21] [REFERRED TO]
MAGNA RAM VS. STATE OF RAJASTHAN [LAWS(RAJ)-2004-7-9] [REFERRED TO]
MAHENDRA KUMAR VS. ARJUN KUMAR [LAWS(RAJ)-2013-7-119] [REFERRED TO]
PRADESHIYA JAN JATI VIKAS MANCH VS. STATE OF U P [LAWS(ALL)-2010-9-1] [REFERRED TO]
DEVENDRA YADAV VS. DISTRICT ELECTION OFFICER DISTRICT MAGISTRATE MAU [LAWS(ALL)-2011-9-14] [REFERRED TO]
DURGABAKSHSINGH RAMPRATAPSINGH THAKUR VS. DISTRICT DEPUTY REGISTRAR, COOPERATIVE SOCIETIES, AMRAVATI [LAWS(BOM)-2019-4-34] [REFERRED TO]
A C JOSE VS. SIVAN PILLAI [LAWS(KER)-1982-10-9] [REFERRED TO]
S. KARUPPIAH VS. THE GOVERNMENT OF TAMIL NADU AND ORS. [LAWS(MAD)-2015-12-272] [REFERRED TO]
SAVIO O FERNANDES VS. STATE ELECTION COMMISSIONER [LAWS(BOM)-1996-2-37] [REFERRED TO]
S RAMESH VS. N S J JAYABAL @ AYYANAR [LAWS(MAD)-2018-1-171] [REFERRED TO]
SIDDUGOUDA VS. STATE OF KARNATAKA [LAWS(KAR)-2021-7-130] [REFERRED TO]
INDIAN OIL CORPORATION PIPE LINE WORKERS UNION AND ANOTHER VS. STATE OF U.P. AND 3 OTHERS [LAWS(ALL)-2018-4-505] [REFERRED TO]
SABIHA KHATOON VS. PRESCRIBED AUTHORITY [LAWS(ALL)-2024-1-38] [REFERRED TO]
KRISHNAMOORTHY VS. SIVAKUMAR [LAWS(SC)-2015-2-15] [REFERRED TO]
JAMNA PRASAD MODI VS. STATE OF M P [LAWS(MPH)-1987-3-43] [REFERRED TO]
K KRISHNA MURTHY VS. UNION OF INDIA [LAWS(SC)-2010-5-34] [REFERRED TO]
ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA AND ORS. VS. KEISHAM ROJEN KUMAR SINGH AND ORS. [LAWS(MANIP)-2015-5-10] [REFERRED TO]
NARENDRASINGH BHATI VS. RAMNARAIN BISHNOI [LAWS(RAJ)-1993-2-4] [REFERRED TO]
SENTHILBALAJI V. VS. A.P. GEETHA [LAWS(SC)-2023-5-100] [REFERRED TO]
IN RE : SECTION 6A OF THE CITIZENSHIP ACT 1955 VS. IN RE : SECTION 6A OF THE CITIZENSHIP ACT 1955 [LAWS(SC)-2024-10-32] [REFERRED TO]
HARI OM VS. HAKIM SINGH [LAWS(ALL)-2007-9-145] [REFERRED TO]
VITACHU MLA VS. UNION OF INDIA [LAWS(GAU)-2008-3-2] [REFERRED TO]
ANJU VS. ADDITIONAL CIVIL JUDGE SENIOR DIVISION PEHOWA [LAWS(P&H)-1998-3-16] [REFERRED TO]
LAXMAN SINGH VS. BHURA RAM AND ORS. [LAWS(RAJ)-2015-12-76] [REFERRED TO]
JITENDRA KUMAR VS. KIRAN MAHESHWARI [LAWS(RAJ)-2021-3-70] [REFERRED TO]
P T RAJAN VS. T P M SAHIR [LAWS(KER)-2001-10-17] [REFERRED TO]
BALMUKUND SINGH GAUTAM VS. NEENA VIKRAM VERMA [LAWS(MPH)-2013-8-484] [REFERRED]
KARAN SINGH TANWAR VS. SURENDER SINGH AND ORS. [LAWS(DLH)-2017-4-10] [REFERRED TO]
SANJAY GUPTA VS. ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA [LAWS(DLH)-2019-8-192] [REFERRED TO]
SHYAM LAL RAWAT VS. RAM LAL [LAWS(ALL)-1985-11-17] [REFERRED TO]
ANUKUL CHANDRA PRADHAN ADVOCATE SUPREME COURT VS. UNION OF INDIA [LAWS(SC)-1997-7-1] [RELIED ON]
DHARTIPAKAR MADAN LAL AGARWAL VS. RAJIV GANDHI [LAWS(SC)-1987-5-40] [RELIED ON]
PUNJAB PRADESH CONGRESS COMMITTEE VS. STATE OF PUNJAB [LAWS(P&H)-2013-6-19] [REFERRED TO]
GANESH RAMCHANDRA NAIK VS. SITARAM BHOIR [LAWS(BOM)-2000-3-25] [REFERRED TO]
P NALLA THAMPY THERA VS. B L SHANKER [LAWS(SC)-1983-10-41] [RELIED ON]
KESHAV MALHOTRA VS. PANJAB UNIVERSITY [LAWS(P&H)-2021-3-57] [REFERRED TO]
KANAK VARDHAN SINGHDEO VS. BIBEKANANDA MEHER [LAWS(ORI)-1991-1-6] [REFERRED TO]
BINOD NAYAK VS. DASARATHI PADHI FB [LAWS(ORI)-1994-12-21] [REFERRED TO]
G. Manjunath VS. State of Karnataka and Others [LAWS(KAR)-2013-9-351] [REFERRED TO]
TOOFANI VS. VIJAI [LAWS(ALL)-1998-12-48] [REFERRED TO]
DEEPAK DASHRATH CHAHANDE VS. CIVIL JUDGE JUNIOR DIVISION [LAWS(BOM)-2011-7-162] [REFERRED TO]
STATE OF TRIPURA VS. RAKHAL SARKAR [LAWS(TRIP)-2015-3-36] [REFERRED TO]
RAJU S/O RAMDHAN CHOUTHMAL VS. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA [LAWS(BOM)-2015-1-112] [REFERRED TO]
AJAY JAISWAL VS. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH, THROUGH DIRECTOR PANCHAYAT [LAWS(CHH)-2018-4-48] [REFERRED TO]
SMT. KAMTI BAI VS. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH & ORS. [LAWS(CHH)-2017-12-44] [REFERRED TO]
SANDIP RAJU NAIK VS. STATE ELECTION COMMISSION [LAWS(BOM)-2019-6-157] [REFERRED TO]
KUM SANTOSH SHARMA, D/O LATE RADHEY SHYAM SHARMA VS. CHHATTISGARH STATE ELECTION COMMISSION [LAWS(CHH)-2019-4-105] [REFERRED TO]
HARDIK BHARATBHAI PATEL VS. STATE OF GUJARAT [LAWS(GJH)-2019-3-133] [REFERRED TO]
MEHSANA TALUKA CO-OPERATIVE PURCHASE AND SALEB UNION LTD VS. DIRECTOR, AGRICULTURAL MARKETING AND RURAL FINANCE & ORS. [LAWS(GJH)-2016-11-34] [REFERRED TO]
GOPAL SINGH VS. ELECTION CUM ADDITIONALCIVIL JUDGE [LAWS(RAJ)-2009-2-1] [REFERRED TO]
JAGDISH PRASAD VS. STATE OF RAJASTHAN [LAWS(RAJ)-2003-2-46] [REFERRED TO]
UMA CHARAN MISHRA VS. UNION OF INDIA [LAWS(ORI)-2022-4-72] [REFERRED TO]
SHARAD TRIPATHI VS. BHISHMA SHANKAR ALIAS KUSHAL TIWARI [LAWS(ALL)-2011-9-37] [REFERRED TO]
R NATARAJAN VS. M RAJASEKARAN [LAWS(MAD)-2011-7-239] [REFERRED TO]
R NATARAJAN VS. M RAJASEKARAN [LAWS(MAD)-2011-7-239] [REFERRED TO]
ANIL BHATIA AND ORS. VS. GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI AND ORS. [LAWS(DLH)-2015-2-173] [REFERRED TO]
ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA VS. RAVISHIVAPPA PADASALAGI [LAWS(KAR)-2022-7-575] [REFERRED TO]
DEVANDRAPPA VS. HULIGEMMA [LAWS(KAR)-2022-9-1507] [REFERRED TO]
B.G.UDAY VS. H.G.PRASHANTH [LAWS(KAR)-2024-4-56] [REFERRED TO]
V AROUMUGAM A K D VS. N RANGASAMY [LAWS(MAD)-2018-1-160] [REFERRED TO]
A. KRISHNAN VS. T.P.R. SELVAME AND OTHERS [LAWS(MAD)-2018-1-461] [REFERRED TO]
N.R. DHANAPALAN VS. A. SOUNDARA RAJAN AND OTHER [LAWS(MAD)-2018-1-463] [REFERRED TO]
ANITA DEVI CHAURASIYA VS. STATE OF U.P. [LAWS(ALL)-2024-1-9] [REFERRED TO]
TEJ BAHADUR VS. NARENDRA MODI [LAWS(ALL)-2019-12-25] [REFERRED TO]
JITENDRA KUMAR AWASTHI VS. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH [LAWS(MPH)-2020-1-48] [REFERRED TO]
VISHWANATH PRATAP SINGH VS. ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA [LAWS(SC)-2022-9-160] [REFERRED TO]
LAXMIBAI VS. COLLECTOR [LAWS(SC)-2020-2-56] [REFERRED TO]
RAJENDRA S/O RADHAKISAN RAUT VS. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA [LAWS(BOM)-2022-2-108] [REFERRED TO]
COMMON CAUSE, A REGD. SOCIETY VS. BAHUJAN SAMAJ PARTY [LAWS(DLH)-2016-7-72] [REFERRED TO]
ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA VS. MUKHTAR ANSARI & ANR. [LAWS(DLH)-2017-2-88] [REFERRED TO]
SWARAJ INDIA VS. STATE ELECTION COMMISSION AND ANR. [LAWS(DLH)-2017-3-92] [REFERRED TO]
SAROJ VS. DELHI STATE ELECTION COMMISSION [LAWS(DLH)-2017-5-245] [REFERRED TO]
RAGHURAMIREDDI S VS. T CHANDRASEKHAR REDDY [LAWS(APH)-1996-4-126] [REFERRED TO]
CHANDRA BHAN SINGH VS. STATE OF M P [LAWS(MPH)-2001-3-8] [REFERRED TO]
MOHAMMAD SIRAJ AHAMED VS. STATE ELECTION COMMISSION [LAWS(GAU)-1999-2-2] [REFERRED]
PREMANANDA HAZARIKA VS. ASSAM STATE ELECTION COMMISSION [LAWS(GAU)-2008-7-39] [REFERRED TO]
KAMENG DOLO VS. ATUM WELLY [LAWS(GAU)-2014-10-23] [REFERRED TO]
ABHA LATA VS. STATE OF BIHAR [LAWS(PAT)-2017-1-102] [REFERRED TO]
KESARI DEVI VS. STATE OF U P [LAWS(ALL)-2005-8-185] [REFERRED TO]
RAMDAYAL PRABHAKAR VS. MAHENDRA BAUDH AND TWELVE [LAWS(MPH)-1992-5-8] [REFERRED TO]
SRIKANT VS. VASANTRAO [LAWS(SC)-2006-1-40] [REFERRED TO]
B S YADIYURAPPA VS. MAHALINGAPPA [LAWS(SC)-2001-10-105] [REFERRED]
JITU PATNAIK VS. SANATAN MOHAKUD [LAWS(SC)-2011-3-117] [REFERRED TO]
PEOPLE'S UNION FOR CIVIL LIBERTIES VS. UNION OF INDIA [LAWS(SC)-2013-9-87] [REFERRED TO]
BASIL GEORGE VS. SHAJI SALIM [LAWS(KER)-2022-8-97] [REFERRED TO]
NAGJIBHAI RAMJIBHAI KAKADIA VS. M D MANKAD [LAWS(GJH)-1997-9-26] [REFERRED]
SAYED MUSTAFIZ AHMED VS. SAMIR DEY [LAWS(ORI)-1996-10-15] [REFERRED TO]
JHILIPRAVA BEHERA VS. BHARATI BEHERA [LAWS(ORI)-2012-12-21] [REFERRED TO]
KHANAGOUDAR SHIVAGOUDAPPA BALAPPA VS. THE CHIEF ELECTION COMMISSIONER OF INDIA AND ORS. [LAWS(KAR)-2015-4-291] [REFERRED TO]
SUHAS S O ANANTRAO DASHRATHE VS. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA [LAWS(BOM)-2001-10-35] [REFERRED TO]
GAJANAN KRISHNAJI BAPAT VS. DATTAJI RAGHOBAJI MEGHE [LAWS(SC)-1995-7-25] [RELIED ON]
ELECTION OFFICER VS. PARBATBHAI SAVABHAI PATEL [LAWS(GJH)-2020-2-480] [REFERRED TO]
BADDI REDDY APPANNA DORA VS. ATCHAMAMBA KORPU [LAWS(APH)-2003-5-26] [FOLLWOED ON]
AMAR NATH VS. SUBHASH CHANDER [LAWS(P&H)-1996-5-111] [REFERRED TO]
ANNARAO S/O GOVINDRAO PATIL VS. AMIT S/O VILASRAO DESHMUKH [LAWS(BOM)-2016-7-138] [REFERRED TO]
DAHYABHAI VALLABHAI PATEL VS. LALUBHAI PATEL [LAWS(BOM)-2010-9-158] [REFERRED TO]
OM PRAKASH YADAV VS. COLLECTOR ETAH [LAWS(ALL)-1990-12-42] [REFERRED TO]
HARENDRA SINGH VS. STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH [LAWS(ALL)-1998-2-44] [REFERRED TO]
INDRA KUMAR VS. UNION OF INDIA [LAWS(PAT)-1994-12-43] [REFERRED]
H J BOMMEGOWDA VS. STATE OF KARNATAKA [LAWS(KAR)-1992-9-6] [REFERRED TO]
KANAGSABAPATHY SUNDARAM PILLAI VS. BANSI GAWALI [LAWS(BOM)-2020-10-325] [REFERRED TO]
RAJABHAU (PARAG) PRAKASH WAJE VS. MANIKRAO SHIVAJI KOKATE AND OTHERS [LAWS(BOM)-2020-12-18] [REFERRED TO]
SANTOSH SHARMA VS. CHHATTISGARH STATE ELECTION COMMISSION [LAWS(CHH)-2019-4-192] [REFERRED TO]
MOHD SAFIQUE VS. SHAHABUDDIN AND 3 ORS [LAWS(ALL)-2014-4-488] [REFERRED TO]
V M SINGH VS. FEROZE VARUN GANDHI [LAWS(ALL)-2011-9-81] [REFERRED TO]
SUDHA DEVI VS. STATE OF U P [LAWS(ALL)-2012-4-107] [REFERRED TO]
SUDHA DEVI VS. STATE OF U P [LAWS(ALL)-2012-4-107] [REFERRED TO]
RAMESH CHAND VS. ISHWAR DASS DHIMAN [LAWS(HPH)-2013-12-42] [REFERRED TO]
PRABHAMANI VS. HEMALATHA [LAWS(KAR)-2022-4-122] [REFERRED TO]
MALAPPA VS. RAMAPPA [LAWS(KAR)-2023-8-1149] [REFERRED TO]
PRINCE KUMAR VS. INSTITUTE OF COMPANY SECRET ARIES OF INDIA [LAWS(DLH)-2015-2-7] [REFERRED TO]
PREMPAL SINGH VS. SATYA PAL SINGH BAGHEL [LAWS(ALL)-2020-3-35] [REFERRED TO]
SANGEETA GUPTA VS. KHALID KHAN [LAWS(ALL)-2015-2-130] [REFERRED TO]
DEVENDRA KUMAR SHARMA VS. PRADEEP MATHUR [LAWS(ALL)-2015-5-244] [REFERRED TO]
KOKATE BABURAO NARSINGRAO VS. MUNDE GOPINATHRAO PANDURANG [LAWS(BOM)-1996-11-6] [REFERRED TO]
KOKATE BABURAO NARSINGRAO VS. MUNDE GOPINATHRAO PANDURANG [LAWS(BOM)-1996-11-6] [REFERRED TO]
MUKESH KUMAR AJMERA VS. STATE OF RAJASTHAN [LAWS(RAJ)-1997-4-23] [REFFERED TO]
S.V. RAMAMURTHY VS. THE STATE ELECTION COMMISSIONER OF TAMILNADU, JAWAHARLAL NEHRU ROAD, KOYAMBEDU, CHENNAI [LAWS(MAD)-2018-1-374] [REFERRED TO]
SURESH VS. STATE OF KARNATAKA [LAWS(KAR)-2022-4-62] [REFERRED TO]
SHIPRA VS. SHANTI LAL [LAWS(RAJ)-1994-8-55] [REFERRED TO]
VIPULBHAI M. CHAUDHARY VS. STATE OF GUJARAT [LAWS(GJH)-2014-2-84] [REFERRED TO]
BETADOOR DHANAPAL BEASAVANTAPPA VS. STATE OF KARNATAKA [LAWS(KAR)-2019-3-314] [REFERRED TO]
HAFIZ MOHAMMED VS. STATE [LAWS(RAJ)-1995-1-25] [DISTINGUISHED]
PRADEEP KUMAR SONTHALIA VS. DHIRAJ PRASAD SAHU @ DHIRAJ SAHU AND ANOTHER [LAWS(SC)-2020-12-48] [REFERRED TO]
NIRANJAN DAWAR VS. SMT.RANJANA BAGHEL [LAWS(MPH)-2017-1-40] [REFERRED TO]
THE PRESIDENT, PEECHI SERVICE CO-OPERATIVE BANK PEECHI AND ORS. VS. TESSY VARGHESE AND ORS. [LAWS(KER)-2015-9-97] [REFERRED TO]
MUKUND L. ABHYANKAR VS. CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, NATIONAL FEDERATION OF URBAN CO-OP. BANK AND CREDIT SOCIETIES LTD. [LAWS(DLH)-2017-5-46] [REFERRED TO]
NIRBHAI SINGH VS. STATE OF PUNJAB [LAWS(P&H)-2011-5-54] [REFERRED TO]
K PREM SINGH RATHORE VS. P RAMASWAMY and RANJEEV R ACHARYA HYDERABAD [LAWS(APH)-1996-5-8] [FOLLOWED ON]
P Chidambaram VS. Suba Karuppiah [LAWS(MAD)-2005-6-6] [REFERRED TO]
CHANDAN KUMAR SARKAR VS. CHIEF ELECTION COMMISSIONER NEW DELHI [LAWS(GAU)-1994-9-36] [RELIED ON]
TAD TANA VS. STATE OF ARUNACHAL PRADESH [LAWS(GAU)-2005-1-23] [REFERRED TO]
BALMUKUND SINGH GAUTAM VS. NEENA VIKRAM VERMA AND ORS [LAWS(MPH)-2012-10-272] [REFERRED]
S. RUKMINI MADEGOWDA VS. STATE ELECTION COMMISSION [LAWS(SC)-2022-9-64] [REFERRED TO]
RAMESHWAR PRASAD VS. UNION OF INDIA [LAWS(SC)-2006-1-54] [REFERRED TO]
RABINDRA PRASAD GUPTA VS. STATE OF BIHAR [LAWS(PAT)-2010-12-1] [REFERRED TO]
SAIDA VS. MASRRAT [LAWS(MPH)-1996-10-3] [REFERRED TO]
District Election Officer VS. Ram Babu Dewalia [LAWS(MPH)-1997-3-60] [REFERRED TO]
MAIREMBAM PRITHVIRAJ @ PRITHBIRAJ SINGH VS. PUKHREM SHARATCHANDRA SINGH [LAWS(MANIP)-2014-4-17] [REFERRED TO]
SUDHIR NAGESH GADDE VS. RETURNING OFFICER [LAWS(KAR)-2018-3-399] [REFERRED TO]
RAJA MADAN GOPALA NAYAK VS. VENKATESH NAIK AND OTHERS [LAWS(KAR)-2005-3-93] [REFERRED TO]
YALLURKAR KISAN SIDRAY VS. RETURNING OFFICER BUGEWADI [LAWS(KAR)-1992-4-20] [FOLLOWED ON]
M KUMAR VS. BHARATH EARTH MOVERS LIMITED [LAWS(KAR)-1999-1-50] [REFERRED TO]
C KANNAN VS. RETURNING OFFICER [LAWS(KAR)-1989-1-21] [REFERRED TO]
SURENDRA NATH VS. MAHENDRA PRATAP SINGH [LAWS(ALL)-1985-12-5] [REFERRED TO]
PRASANNA KUMAR VS. G M SIDDESHWAR [LAWS(KAR)-2010-2-118] [REFERRED TO]
SUBHAS MANIKRAO LAVHALE VS. ADDITIONAL COMMISSIONER [LAWS(BOM)-2009-3-195] [REFERRED TO]
ASHISH MIDDHA VS. INSTITUTE OF COMPANY SECRETARIES OF INDIA [LAWS(DLH)-2011-2-16] [REFERRED TO]
RAJ KUMAR SAHI VS. IIIRD ADDL DISTRICT JUDGE DEORIA [LAWS(ALL)-2000-11-106] [REFERRED TO]
SHRI ANIL (VIDYARTHI) CHANDERLAL AILANI VS. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA [LAWS(BOM)-2016-3-26] [REFERRED TO]
PANNALAL SHANTI SWAROOP VS. CHIEF ELECTION COMMISSIONER [LAWS(BOM)-1995-12-23] [REFERRED TO]
MANAS BHUNIA VS. MAKHAN LAL BANGAL [LAWS(CAL)-1999-4-28] [REFERRED TO]
BABURAM TUDU VS. SHAMBHUNATH MANDI [LAWS(CAL)-2002-8-31] [REFERRED TO]
PRIYAKRISHNA VS. RETURNING OFFICER FOR GOVINDARAJA NAGAR [LAWS(KAR)-2019-9-79] [REFERRED TO]
JAYAVANI VS. P GEETHA [LAWS(KAR)-2020-10-61] [REFERRED TO]
MOHAMMED MUZZAMIL VS. STATE OF KARNATAKA [LAWS(KAR)-2021-11-8] [REFERRED TO]
SANDEEP & ORS VS. STATE & OTHERS [LAWS(DLH)-2015-2-640] [REFERRED]
BALBIR VERMA VS. THE INDIAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS AND ORS. [LAWS(DLH)-2015-7-213] [REFERRED TO]
SMT. INDUMATI TUKARAM THORAT VS. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA [LAWS(BOM)-2018-1-374] [REFERRED TO]
DINESH JOSHI VS. GOVIND SINGH DOTASARA [LAWS(RAJ)-2011-12-129] [REFERRED TO]
JOKHAN AND OTHERS VS. STATE OF U P AND OTHERS [LAWS(ALL)-2011-11-557] [REFERRED]
RAJESH SINGH VS. BHISM SHANKAR ALIAS KUSHAL TIWARI [LAWS(ALL)-2011-8-37] [REFERRED TO]
HEMAL JAISWAL VS. CHAKRADHAR [LAWS(CHH)-2014-2-32] [REFERRED TO]
MOHHAMAD ASLAM VS. RAM FERAN [LAWS(ALL)-2024-1-125] [REFERRED TO]
SHAILENDRA KUMAR GUPTA VS. STATE OF U.P. AND ORS. [LAWS(ALL)-2015-7-88] [REFERRED TO]
RAM PYARE LAL VS. STATE OF U.P. AND ORS. [LAWS(ALL)-2015-4-17] [REFERRED TO]
KOTIPALLI SATYANANDA RAO VS. GOVERNMENT OF A P [LAWS(APH)-1997-10-81] [REFERRED TO]
YERA CHANDRAIAH VS. DISTRICT MUNSIF CUM ELECTION TRIBUNAL [LAWS(APH)-1989-7-9] [REFERRED TO]
SEHAJDHARI SIKH FEDERATION VS. UNION OF INDIA [LAWS(P&H)-2011-12-23] [REFERRED TO]
MAMTA VS. SANTOSH AND OTHERS [LAWS(RAJ)-2016-3-68] [REFERRED TO]
BANENDRA KUMAR MUSHAHARY VS. MOHAMMAD MOHIBUL HAQUE [LAWS(GAU)-2002-3-5] [REFERRED TO]
KOTHAPALLI GEETHA VS. GUMMIDI SANDHYA RANI AND OTHERS [LAWS(APH)-2017-6-106] [REFERRED TO]
KARAM THAMARJIT SINGH VS. ALLAUDDIN KHAN [LAWS(GAU)-2008-2-49] [REFERRED TO]
K MURALEEDHARAN VS. V V RAGHAVAN [LAWS(KER)-1999-3-8] [REFERRED TO]
DR. RAJENDRA BABANRAO BHOSALE VS. ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA [LAWS(BOM)-2023-3-181] [REFERRED TO]
DR. RAJENDRA BABANRAO BHOSALE VS. ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA [LAWS(BOM)-2023-3-181] [REFERRED TO]
SHOBHA VS. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA [LAWS(BOM)-2024-5-108] [REFERRED TO]
MADHU DEVI VS. BIHAR STATE ELECTION COMMISSION [LAWS(PAT)-2024-1-139] [REFERRED TO]
PARMANAND PRASAD VS. STATE OF BIHAR [LAWS(PAT)-2017-7-73] [REFERRED TO]
PANKESH KUMAR RAI SON OF LATE AKHILESH KUMAR RAI VS. THE STATE OF BIHAR [LAWS(PAT)-2018-1-316] [REFERRED TO]
BRIJ BHUSHAN PRASAD SON OF MATHURA PRASAD VS. STATE ELECTION COMMISSION PANCHAYAT [LAWS(PAT)-2019-3-17] [REFERRED TO]
STUDENTS OF PART II M.B.A. VS. UNIVERSITY OF RAJASTHAN & ANR. [LAWS(RAJ)-1991-1-123] [REFERRED TO]
BHIM RAO BASWANTH RAO PATIL VS. K. MADAN MOHAN RAO [LAWS(SC)-2023-7-48] [REFERRED TO]
NORTH CENTRAL RAILWAY MENS UNION ALLAHABAD VS. NORTH CENTRAL RAILWAY EMPLOYEES SANGH [LAWS(ALL)-2008-8-157] [REFERRED TO]
KHWAIRAKPAM LOKEN SINGH VS. RAJKUMAR IMO SINGH [LAWS(MANIP)-2019-1-64] [REFERRED TO]
PRATAP CHANDRA MEHTA VS. STATE BAR COUNCIL OF M P [LAWS(SC)-2011-8-79] [REFERRED TO]
AUTHORITY VS. SHYAMDEO PRASAD [LAWS(PAT)-2010-5-207] [REFERRED TO]
DISTRICT MAGISTRATE-CUM-DISTRICT ELECTION OFFICER AND ANR. VS. SATYENDRA KUMAR AND ORS. [LAWS(PAT)-2012-8-122] [REFERRED TO]
GORELAL VS. STATE OF M P [LAWS(MPH)-1989-11-22] [REFERRED TO]
BACCHANLAL VS. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH [LAWS(MPH)-1989-4-1] [REFERRED TO]
NEENA VIKRAM VERMA VS. BALMUKUND SINGH GAUTAM [LAWS(SC)-2012-4-62] [REFERRED TO]
SUNIL KUMAR KORI & ANR. VS. GOPAL DAS KABRA & ORS. ETC. [LAWS(SC)-2016-9-43] [REFERRED TO]
MANOJ BANSILAL BIYANI VS. SUNIL MURLIDHAR CHAUDHARI [LAWS(BOM)-2009-2-97] [REFERRED TO]
SURENDRA PAL RATWAL VS. SHAMIM AHMAD [LAWS(DLH)-1984-8-6] [REFERRED 8]
BANWARLAL BHAGWANDAS PUROHIT VS. VILAS MUTTEMWAR [LAWS(BOM)-2005-10-249] [REFERRED]
RAMA KANT PANDEY VS. UNION OF INDIA [LAWS(SC)-1993-2-56] [RELIED ON]
DIGAMBAR SADASHIV GHORPADE VS. ELECTION REGISTRATION OFFICER AGRICULTURAL [LAWS(BOM)-2002-11-53] [REFERRED TO]
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JUDGEMENT

Chinnappa Reddy, J. - (1.)The first appellant, Jyoti Basu, is the Chief Minister and appellants two and three Buddhadeb Bhattacharya and Hashim, Abdul Halim, are two Ministers of the Government of West Bengal. They have been impleaded by the first respondent as parties to an election petition filed by him questioning the election of the second respondent to the House of the People from the 19-Barrackpore Parliamentary Constituency in the mid-term Parliamentary election held in January, 1980. There were five candidates who sought election from the Constituency. Mod. Ismail, the first respondent, whose candidature was sponsored by the Communist Party of India (Marxist) was, elected securing 2,66,698 votes as against Debi Ghosal, a candidate sponsored by the Indian National Congress led by Smt. Indira Gandhi who secured 1,62,770 votes. The other candidates Ramjit Ram, Robi Shankar Pandey and Bejoy Narayan Mishra secured 25,734, 12,271 and 2,763 votes respectively. The first respondent filed. an election petition in the High Court of Calcutta questioning the election of the second respondent Mohd. Ismail on various grounds. He impleaded the returned candidate as the first respondent, and the other three unsuccessful candidates as respondents 2, 3 and 4 to the election petition. Besides the candidates at the election, he impleaded several others as respondents, The District Magistrate and Returning Officer was impleaded as the fifth respondent, Buddhadeb Bhattacharya, the Minister for Information and Publicity, Government of West Bengal as the sixth respondent. Jyoti Basu, the. Chief Minister as the seventh respondent, Md. Amin, the Minister of the Transport Branch of the Home Department as the eighth respondent, Hashim Abdul Halim, the Minister of the Legislative and the Judicial Department as the ninth respondent and the Electoral Registration Officer as the tenth respondent. It was, averred in the election petition that the Chief Minister and the other Ministers of the Government of West Bengal who were impleaded as parties to the election petition had colluded and conspired with the returned candidate to commit various alleged corrupt practices, Apart from denying the commission of the various alleged corrupt practices, the Chief Minister and the other Ministers claimed in their written statements that the election petitioner was not entitled to implead them is parties to the election petition. They claimed that as they were not candidates at the election they could not be impleaded as parties to the election petition. The Chief Minister and two of the other ministers, Hashim, Abdul Halim and Buddhadeb Bhattacharya filed an application before the High Court of Calcutta to strike out their names from the array of parties in the election petition. The application was dismissed by the Calcutta High Court on the ground that the applicants (appellants) were proper parties to the election petition and, therefore, their names should not be struck out of the array of parties. The appellants have preferred this appeal after obtaining special leave of this Court under Art. 136 of the Constitution.
(2.)Shri Somnath Chatterjee, learned counsel for the appellant submitted that the concept of a proper party was not relevant in election law and that only those persons could be impleaded as parties who were expressly directed to be so impleaded by the Representation of the People Act, 1951. He claimed that in any case such persons were entitled to be struck out from the array of parties. On the other hand Shri Sidhartha Shankar Ray, and Shri R. K. Lala, learned counsel for the first respondent submitted that the appellants were proper parties to the election petition and their presence was necessary for a complete, final and expeditious decision on the questions involved in the action.
(3.)To properly appreciate the rival contentions It is necessary to refer to the relevant provisions of the Constitution of India and the two Representation of the People Acts of 1950 and 1951.


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