2025 SCC Vol. 2 Part 5
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — S. 482 — Inherent power of High Court r/w Art. 226 of the Constitution — Quashment of
ballot paper
Kar HC quotes “The Vajpayee led NDA–Government was toppled for want of one vote” and Benjamin Franklin while deciding a case of a returning candidate whose election was set aside
“…A right to elect, fundamental though it is to democracy, is, anomalously enough, neither a fundamental right nor a Common Law Right.
Ker HC | Printing names of contesting candidates in different colours on ballot paper – anathema to scheme of election process
Kerala High Court: The Divison Bench of V. Chitambaresh and R. Narayana Pisharadi, JJ. allowed a writ appeal against an order allowing