election process Archives

Calcutta High Court upholds West Bengal Medical Council election finding no ‘gross illegality’

The Calcutta High Court affirmed the petitioner’s locus standi, i.e., right to challenge the election process based on the infringement of rights as a registered medical practitioner.

Case Briefs Supreme Court

“Election contest not an action at law or suit in equity, but a purely statutory proceeding; Election provisions must be strictly construed”: Supreme Court

“Where a right or a liability is created by a statue, which gives a special remedy for enforcing it, the remedy provided by the statue must be availed of.”

Case Briefs High Courts

AP HC | Right to contest election is fundamental, subject to qualifications: No relief to petitioners attaining min. age after elections notified

Andhra Pradesh High Court: M. Satyanarayana Murthy, J., reiterated that, Right to vote and right to elect a representative of their own

Case Briefs High Courts

Writ petition not maintainable if there is a remedy for redressal by a competent statutory Authority

Calcutta High Court: A Division Bench comprising of Biswanath Somadder and Arindam Mukherjee, JJ., dismissed an appeal in light of the availability