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PETITIONER: N.P. PONNUSWAMI
Vs.
RESPONDENT: RETURNING OFFICER, NAMAKKALCONSTITUENCY and OTHERS.UNION OF
DATE OF JUDGMENT: 21/01/1952
BENCH: FAZAL ALI, SAIYID BENCH: FAZAL ALI, SAIYID SASTRI, M. PATANJALI (CJ) MAHAJAN, MEHR CHAND MUKHERJEA, B.K. DAS, SUDHI RANJAN AIYAR, N. CHANDRASEKHARA
CITATION: 1952 AIR 64 1952 SCR 218 CITATOR INFO : RF 1954 SC 520 (6) R 1955 SC 233 (6) RF 1957 SC 694 (7) R 1957 SC 871 (4) D 1967 SC 669 (17) MV 1971 SC 530 (373) R 1973 SC2464 (3) R 1974 SC 480 (19) RF 1974 SC1185 (16) R 1975 SC1708 (11) R 1975 SC2140 (3,4,5) RF 1975 SC2299 (268) E&F 1978 SC 851 (10,22,24,25,26,27,29,30,61 RF 1980 SC1362 (23) RF 1981 SC 547 (7) R 1982 SC 983 (7) R 1983 SC 558 (11) R 1984 SC 135 (8) F 1984 SC 921 (19,20) E&R 1985 SC1233 (24,25,26) RF 1986 SC 103 (12) R 1988 SC 61 (6) RF 1988 SC 616 (6,8,9,10) RF 1988 SC 915 (9,15)
ACT: Constitution of India, Arts. 226, 324 to 329--Represen- tation of the People Act, 1951, ss. 36, 80--Election to Legislatures--Rejection of nomination paper--Application to High Court for writ of certiorari--Maintainability--Juris- diction of High Court--Meaning of "election" and "ques- tioning ...