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Supreme Court of India · 2002-03-20

RAJANKUMAR SHANKARRAO TAWARE vs AJIT ANANTRAO PAWAR

Citation / case number
SC 2001/13814
Court
Supreme Court of India
Petitioner
RAJANKUMAR SHANKARRAO TAWARE
Respondent
AJIT ANANTRAO PAWAR
Author
S.N. PHUKAN G.B. PATTANAIK
Bench
S.N. PHUKAN G.B. PATTANAIK

Judgment text excerpt

The appeal challenges a High Court judgment dismissing an election petition filed under the Representation of the People Act, 1951. The petitioners alleged electoral malpractices under Section 100(1)(d)(iii), specifically regarding the unauthorized shifting of ballot boxes to a location controlled by the respondent's family. The core legal issue pertains to whether such procedural irregularities during the storage and counting of votes constitute grounds to void the election.

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