Professor (CSIR-CIMAP) raised issues of
secrecy and non-transparency in election process recently and suspected
rigging too. The appellant is one of three contestants ... alleged that the public authority built iron curtains around entire
election process and not even disclosing split votes, i.e., votes secured by
each contestant
right to dispute an election. Statutory creations
they are, and therefore, subject to statutory limitation. An
Election petition is not an action at Common ... down. In the trial of election disputes, Court is put
in a straight jacket. Thus the entire election process
commencing from the issuance
Constitution of Social welfare centre
and copy of document detailing election process for choosing various office bearers, whether
Shri Vijay Kumar Sharma had performed
Compilation No. }, as well as the entire
election process conducted by the respondents in pursuance of
the same for filling up Ure vacaneies
Election Commission shall be only
during the duration of the election. Shri Abilash, learned counsel for the
Election Commission submits that by 18.5.2018 all process ... seems to be a
reasonable stipulation as Election Commission can have only jurisdiction
during election. After the election is over they may not have anything
FIRST APPEAL NO: 748/2016
The Chief Election Officer & Secretary, State Election Commission, Rajasthan, Jaipur & ors.
Vs.
Babita Wadhwani r/o House ... appellant.
The contention of the appellant is that matter relates to election process hence, jurisdiction of the Forum is barred. They have not committed
Dasghara-I, Delhi, of the
respondent/MCD. She sought permission to contest election as Councillor of
MCD. Vide letter dated 24th May, 2002, the petitioner ... have it, the petitioner, who contested as a BJP candidate, lost the
election. Soon thereafter the petitioner requested the respondent to permit
her to withdraw
inflexible and mechanical adherence to the law of procedure and
in the process deny an assessee a benefit to which it is otherwise entitled ... reinforced by the observations of the Apex Court in Sangram
Singh v. Election Tribunal AIR 1955 SC 425, with reference to the Code of Civil
towards fees was also
paid. The process was completed and the fitness certificate was also
prepared. The employee of the office ... complainant that the above fitness certificate had not been provided due to
election and the same was provided after counting of vote
account of revision of pay scale of Assistants of CSS cadre, CVC,
Election Commission, Railways, etc.. Insofar as the Assistants
working in the ICAR Institutes ... this has created anomaly amongst the persons selected
in the same selection process and the applicants having higher
merit in the selection process, were discriminated
