Arunachal Pradesh Students ... vs The Election Commission Of India on 16 December, 2015
Bench: Chief Justice , Vikramajit Sen
ITEM NO.17 COURT NO.1 SECTION ... High Court Of Gauhati)
ALL ARUNACHAL PRADESH STUDENTS UNION Petitioner(s)
VERSUS
ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA AND ORS. Respondent(s)
(with appln
instance of a registered students'
organization and its secretary. It is directed against an election
scheduled to be held on 28th January ... respondents to allow the petitioner no. 1 to participate in the
students election.
Having considered such prayer, I am of the view that the
petitioner
Gujarat University in rejecting their
nomination forms for election to the Students Constituency of
the Senate of the Gujarat University. The respective
petitioners have prayed ... declaring the election programme for the election of the
members of Senate of the Gujarat University, the respective
petitioners-students submitted their nominations
document but even then, a Writ
Petition emanating out of such students' election will not be
maintainable under Article 226 of the Constitution ... Court restrained the authorities from proceeding with the election
for constitution of the students' union scheduled to be held on
28.01.2014 and directed
petitioner's application to
exempt the institution from holding student's election for the year 2015.
2. Learned counsel for the petitioner contended ... University, is bound by the provisions of the
Ordinance providing for students' election and conduct in the manner provided therein.
Earlier, the petitioner
nomination of the petitioner
for the post of President of Students Union Election of respondent No.1
College to be held on 11.09.2015 was rejected ... issued instructions for filing nominations for various posts of the
Students Union and Societies Election, 2015. As per condition No.5 of the
instructions
attendance register so as to allow the petitioner to contest the Student Union
Election 2015-2016 to be held on 11.09.2015.
2. Learned counsel ... does not qualify the minimum eligibility criteria for the said
Student Union Election.
9. Learned counsel for the petitioner has relied upon judgment of this
that the President election needs to
be conducted afresh since admittedly the election of representative
of a regular Students' Union was not held prior ... advised that
the election of the President should not be held prior to the regular
election of a Students' Union.
However, Mr. Bhattacharaya submits
Burdwan (hereafter the university). He intended to contest the
Students' Union election, 2014-2015 (hereafter the election) of
the college but was prevented ... election has been conducted in terms of the
schedule of the programme for holding election today and that
the office bearers' election is scheduled
bono publico has approached this
Court seeking setting aside of the student council election held on
December 22, 2014 in Bikram Tudu Memorial Collecte Barabarar ... understand how general public is interested in
the election process of student council election held in a particular
institution. If any of the unsuccessful candidate
