Supreme Court of India · 2018-03-21
MADIRAJU VENKATA RAMANA RAJU vs PEDDIREDDIGARI RAMACHANDRA REDDY AND ORS.
- Citation / case number
- SC 2016/30385
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- MADIRAJU VENKATA RAMANA RAJU
- Respondent
- PEDDIREDDIGARI RAMACHANDRA REDDY AND ORS.
- Author
- HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE
- Bench
- HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE, HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE A.M. KHANWILKAR, HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE
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 Sections 81, 83, and 100 of The Representation of the People Act, 1951. The Court established that the election petition did not disclose a valid cause of action as required under the Act, and the High Court's ruling was found to be justified. Consequently, the appeal was dismissed, affirming the election of the respondent as valid.