Supreme Court of India

K. Venkatachalam v. A. Swamickan and Anr.

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Bench D.P. Wadhwa and N. Santosh Hegde JJ.
Decided 26 April 1999

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What the Court ordered

We hold that a writ petition challenging the cancellation coupled with re-poll amounts to calling in question a step in 'election' and is, therefore, barred by Article 329(b).

Judgment, page 16

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