Supreme Court of India · 2002-11-22
SOHANLAL vs BABU GANDHI .
- Citation / case number
- SC 2001/9591
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- SOHANLAL
- Respondent
- BABU GANDHI .
- Author
- S. N. VARIAVA
- Bench
- M.B.SHAH,S.N.VARIAVA,D.M.DHARMADHIKARI.
Judgment text excerpt
The case concerns an election dispute for the post of Sarpanch where the appellant challenged the official results via an election petition. After two separate recounting processes ordered by the Sub-Divisional Officer, it was discovered that votes were erroneously attributed to the wrong candidate, leading to the appellant being declared the winner. The matter reached the Supreme Court following a High Court remand of the initial order.