Supreme Court of India · 1997-11-24
DHARTI PAKAR MADAN LAL AGARWAL vs SHRI K.R. NARAYANAN & ORS.
- Citation / case number
- SC 1997/62067
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- DHARTI PAKAR MADAN LAL AGARWAL
- Respondent
- SHRI K.R. NARAYANAN & ORS.
- Author
- AGRAWAL, S.C. ,RAY, G.N. ,ANAND, A.S. ,BHARUCHA S.P. ,RAJENDRA BABU, S.
- Bench
- AGRAWAL, S.C. ,RAY, G.N. ,ANAND, A.S. ,BHARUCHA S.P. ,RAJENDRA BABU, S.
Judgment text excerpt
The Supreme Court dismissed a writ petition challenging the validity of Sections 5B and 5C of the Presidential and Vice-Presidential Elections Act, 1952, as amended by the Presidential and Vice-Presidential Elections [Amendment] Ordinance, 1997. The Court upheld the precedent set in Charan Lal Sahu vs. Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy, 1978, and found no merit in the petitioner's request for reconsideration of that decision. The petition was treated as a writ petition under Article 32 of the Constitution, and the application for exemption from court fees was allowed.