JAIDRATH SINGH vs JIVENDRA KUMAR — C.A. No. 2695 - 2697/1999

Case Summary: Jaidrath Singh v. Jivendra Kumar (C.A. No. 002695-002697/1999) The Supreme Court upheld the High Court's decision that the election of Jivendra Kumar as President of Zila Parishad, Shahjahanpur was invalid. When no candidate secured the required quota of 16 votes after second preference counting (Jivendra and Manvendra tied at 15 votes each), the Returning Officer drew lots to declare Jivendra elected. The Court held this lot-drawing was unauthorized as Schedule II of the election rules contains no provision for drawing lots when two continuing candidates have equal total votes—lots may only be drawn when both candidates have equal first preference votes or when eliminating candidates with identical vote counts. Since neither candidate met the mandatory quota, a casual vacancy was declared. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.