SUMAN DEVI vs MANISHA DEVI

The Supreme Court held that under Section 176 of the Haryana Panchayati Raj Act, 1994, an election petition must be filed within 30 days of the election results declaration. The Court ruled that the first respondent's second election petition was barred by limitation as it was filed after the statutory period, despite the first respondent's claim for exclusion of time under Section 5 and Section 14 of the Limitation Act. The Court upheld the High Court's dismissal of the appellant's revision petition, affirming the lower courts' decisions regarding the election petition's validity.