Prasanna Kumar S/O.Srinivasan vs G.M.Siddeshwar on 16 January, 2014
62. The learned counsel submits that the election cannot
be invalidated on the ground that some instructions in the
Election Manual are allegedly not followed, as the Manual or the
hand-book does not have the statutory character. He read out
the first part of paragraph No.39 of the Hon'ble Supreme Court's
judgment in the case of JITU PATNAIK v. SANATAN
MOHAKUD AND OTHERS reported in (2012) 4 SCC 194. It is
as follows: