(1.) The instant Appeal filed by the appellant - Karim Uddin Barbhuiya (Original Respondent No. 1) is directed against the impugned judgment and order dtd. 26/4/2023 passed by the Gauhati High Court at Guwahati in I.A. (Civil) No. 1278 of 2021 in Election Petition No. 01 of 2021, whereby the High Court has dismissed the said IA filed by the present appellant under Order VII Rule 11 CPC seeking rejection of the Election Petition filed by the respondent No. 1 - Aminul Haque Laskar (Original Election Petitioner).
(2.) A brief conspectus of relevant facts may be stated as under:
(3.) The Appeal has been contested by the respondent no. 1 and the respondent no. 13 by filing their respective counter affidavits.