Supreme Court of India
Keisham Meghachandra Singh v. The Hon’ble Speaker Manipur Legislative Assembly & Ors.
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What the Court ordered
We are of the view that contours of interference have been well drawn by Kihoto Hollohan [1992 Supp (2) SCC 651 : AIR 1993 SC 412 : (1992) 1 SCR 686] and what is involved here is only its application.
Judgment, page 22
From the headnote
Constitution of India – Tenth Schedule – Disqualification of a candidate nominated in Legislative Assembly elections on ground of defection – The election for the 11th Manipur Legislative Assembly was conducted in March, 2017 – None of the political parties were able to secure a majority i.e. 31 seats in a Legislative Assembly of 60 seats in order to form the Government – The Congress Party emerged as the single largest party with 28 seats and BJP with 21 seats – The respondent no. 3 contested as a candidate nominated and set up by the Congress party and was duly elected – On 12.03.2017…
Authorities it was built on
- 1991 Kihoto Hollohan v. Zachillhu and Others
- 2016 Nabam Rebia, and Bamang Felix v. Deputy Speaker and Others
- 2007 Sri Rajendra Singh Rana and Ors. v. Swami Prasad Maurya and Ors.
- 2012 Speaker Haryana Vidhan Sabha v. Kuldeep Bishnoi & Ors.
- 2013 Speaker, Orissa Legislative Assembly v. Utkal Keshari Parida
Where later benches applied it
- 2025 Padi Kaushik Reddy Etc. v. The State of Telangana and Others Etc.
- 2025 The State of Tamil Nadu v. The Governor of Tamil Nadu & Anr.
- 2025 In Re : Assent, Withholding or Reservation of Bills by the Governor and the President of India
- 2023 Subhash Desai v. Principal Secretary, Governor of Maharashtra & Ors.
Of those, 1 relied on · 1 referred to · 2 mentioned
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