Supreme Court of India

Hari Shankar Prasad v. Shahid Ali Khan and Ors.

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Bench R.C. Lahoti and Brijesh Kumar JJ.
Decided 13 March 2003

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Election Laws: Representation of People Act, 1951: Section /6( )/Conduct of Election Rules, 1961: Rules 39 and 56: Election Petition-Rejection of votes by the Returning Officer due to marking by wrong stamp-Petition dismissed by High Court-On appeal, Held: when only certain ballot papers in a booth were marked by wrong stamp; it goes to show that wrong stamp was supplied by the Polling Officer and withdrawn thereafter as asserted by the petitioner-appellant-Returning officers did not conduct proper inquiry to find out facts regarding supply of wrong stamp by the polling/presiding officers…

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