Election Act, 1952, that
no election, meaning the election of the President or the Vice-
President, shall be called in question except by an election ... ground for challenging the election.
This means that all doubts and disputes relating to any
stage of the entire election process is to be canvassed
those provisions. In an election of the Managing Committee,
preparation of electoral roll is intermediate stage and once the
election process is set in motion ... tested in every facet of election process. This is the true doctrine
applicable to any democratic process of election. Whatever be the
status
programme and arrest the process of election."
If the nomination papers have already been filed, the election process is advanced to a stage ... election jurisprudence that the list of voters shall remain unchanged from the last date of the nomination of the voters till the election process
Vimadalal and Sapre, JJ. in Ganesh -Karkhana Election case is no authority for holding that the election process commenced with the publication of the provisional ... that rule 16 prescribes only the stages of election as distinguished from the election process which, according to him, must be deemed to have started
also clear that once a
notification of election programme is published, election process can be said to
have started.
44. It is, however, submitted ... there cannot be two attacks on
matters connected with election proceedings, one while election process is going
on by invoking extraordinary jurisdiction of the High
with the declaration of the election programme. The timelines for
each step of the election, forming part of this election programme is set out therein ... publishing the final voters list and publication of the
election programme. Thus, the election process was very much underway and at an
intermediate stage even
Election Officer and Assistant
Election Officer were also indicated. The results of elections were to be declared after the voting. The Election Officers, President ... election.
23. As indicated, the learned Joint Charity Commissioner was fully aware of his lack
of powers to issue directions during the election process
election
of APMC. The Collector thereafter published final voters list in
pursuance of earlier Election Programme dated 20.05.2017. As
per this Election Programme, the individual ... 4488.17 45
Thus, the distinction in process of preparation of voters list and
process of election is maintained in Rule 43. Therefore, the
Ordinance
attached to every voters list during the process of election. Normally, no election process admits change in voters list after the last day of nomination ... election is over. The legislature specified that the challenge should be in respect of the election. A challenge to any stage of election process
election programme for the election of
village panchayat Khuneshwar be cancelled and a fresh election
be held to ensure fair and transparent election process ... election tribunal after the conduct of the election. The State
Election Commission was not equipped to take a decision to
cancel the entire election process
