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Supreme Court of India

Saritha S. Nair v. Hibi Eden

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Bench S.A. Bobde, A. S. Bopanna and V. Ramasubramanian JJ.
Decided 9 December 2020

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the petitioner was disqualified from contesting the elections in terms of Section 8(3) of the Act.

Judgment, page 22

From the headnote

Representation of the People Act, 1951 – s.8(3) – Disqualification under – The petitioner filed nominations from two Lok Sabha Constituencies – The nominations were rejected on the ground that she was convicted in 2 criminal cases – In both cases, she was imposed with a punishment of imprisonment for 3 years separately – The High Court, in one case suspended the conviction and in another case stayed the execution of sentence – After the elections were over, the petitioner filed two election petitions contending that the rejection of her nomination was illegal and unjustified – Lots of defects…

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