LAWS(MAD)-2018-1-462

S. KUMARAVEL Vs. S.V. SUKUMARAN AND OTHERS

Decided On January 05, 2018
S. Kumaravel Appellant
V/S
S.V. Sukumaran And Others Respondents

JUDGEMENT

(1.) For the sake of convenience, the petitioner and the first respondent will be referred to as the Election Petitioner and the Returned Candidate respectively.

(2.) The dispute that is required to be resolved by this Tribunal in this election petition lies in a very narrow compass and that is, as to whether the non-submission of Form A by the Returned Candidate to the Chief Electoral Officer of the Union Territory of Puducherry before 3.00 p.m. on the last date of filing of the nomination papers, i.e., 29.04.2016, would invalidate his election.

(3.) The facts admitted by both sides are as under: