Supreme Court of India
Sitaram v. Radhey Shyam Vishnav & Ors.
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What the Court ordered
In view of the aforesaid analysis, we allow the appeal and set aside the order passed by the High Court that has affirmed the order of the Additional District Judge as a result of which the election petition shall stand rejected.
Judgment, page 26
From the headnote
Rajasthan Municipalities Election Petition Rules, 2009: rr. 3(5)(d) and 7(3) – Election to the post of Chairperson of Municipal Corporation – Challenged by filing election petition – Application seeking rejection of election petition for non-compliance of r. 3(5)(d) – Application dismissed by Election Tribunal – In writ petition challenging order of Tribunal, High Court held that the application was not maintainable – On appeal, held: R.3(5)(d) mandates that election petition has to be accompanied by the treasury challan and with the treasury challan, there has to be deposit in the treasury…
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- 1957 State of U.P. v. Manbodhan Lal Srivastava
- 1952 N. P. Ponnuswami v. Returning Officer, Namakkal Constituency and Others
- 1963 Murarka Radhey Shyam Ram Kumar v. Roop Singh Rathore & Others
- 2013 G.M. Siddeshwar v. Prasanna Kumar
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- 1981 Aeltemesh Rein v. Chandulal Chandrakar & Others
- 1996 Dr. Smt. Shipra v. Shanti Lal Khoiwal
- 1959 Shri Chandrika Prasad Tripathi v. Shri Siv Prasad Chanpuria & Others.
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