Supreme Court of India · 2018-03-21
Madiraju Venkata Ramana Raju vs Peddireddigari Ramachandra Reddy And ...
- Citation / case number
- AIR 2018 SUPREME COURT 3012
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- Madiraju Venkata Ramana Raju
- Respondent
- Peddireddigari Ramachandra Reddy And ...
- Author
- A.M. Khanwilkar
- Bench
- D.Y. Chandrachud, A.M. Khanwilkar, Dipak Misra
Judgment text excerpt
The Supreme Court upheld the High Court's decision to strike off certain paragraphs of the election petition and dismiss the petition itself, citing Section 81 and Section 100(1)(a) and (d)(i) of The Representation of the People Act, 1951. The Court established that the election petition failed to disclose a valid cause of action and contained frivolous claims, justifying the dismissal. Consequently, the appeal was dismissed, affirming the election of respondent No.1 as valid.