Supreme Court of India · 1955-03-22
SANGRAM SINGH vs ELECTION TRIBUNAL, KOTAH,BHUREY LAL BAYA.
- Citation / case number
- SC 1954/90334
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- SANGRAM SINGH
- Respondent
- ELECTION TRIBUNAL, KOTAH,BHUREY LAL BAYA.
- Bench
- BOSE, VIVIAN
Judgment text excerpt
The Supreme Court ruled that despite Section 105 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, which states that orders of Election Tribunals are final, both the High Court and Supreme Court retain the jurisdiction to review the legality of tribunal actions under Articles 226 and 136 of the Constitution. The Court emphasized that the legality of actions taken by inferior tribunals is subject to review and cannot be conclusively determined by those tribunals. The judgment clarified that the High Courts should exercise their discretionary powers judiciously and not merely as appellate courts for correcting errors of law that do not result in injustice.