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PETITIONER: JAGAN NATH
Vs.
RESPONDENT: JASWANT SINGH AND OTHERS.
DATE OF JUDGMENT: 20/01/1954
BENCH: MAHAJAN, MEHAR CHAND (CJ) BENCH: MAHAJAN, MEHAR CHAND (CJ) MUKHERJEA, B.K. DAS, SUDHI RANJAN BOSE, VIVIAN HASAN, GHULAM
CITATION: 1954 AIR 210 1954 SCR 892 CITATOR INFO : RF 1954 SC 411 (4) R 1955 SC 610 (5) R 1957 SC 444 (20) R 1958 SC 687 (20) R 1958 SC 698 (10) R 1959 SC 93 (15) R 1960 SC 444 (48) R 1963 SC1417 (21) E 1964 SC1545 (7) R 1965 SC 628 (3) RF 1969 SC1201 (33) R 1976 SC 744 (26) R 1982 SC 983 (7) R 1983 SC 558 (12) F 1983 SC1311 (7,16) R 1984 SC 135 (8) R 1985 SC 89 (25) RF 1985 SC 150 (26) R 1986 SC 103 (4) F 1987 SC1577 (14)
ACT: Representation of the People Act (XLIII of 1951), s. 82- Election petition-Non-compliance with the provisions of s. 82 Proper party omitted from the list of respondents-Defect whether fatal.
HEADNOTE: Held, (i) that non-compliance with the provisions of s. 82 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 (XLIII of 1951), and the omission of a proper party from the list of respondents is not fatal and the tribunal is entitled to deal with the matter in accordance with the rules of the Code of Civil Procedu...