VEENA KUREEL Vs. UNION OF INDIA & ORS

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THE relief claimed in this petition is for quashing the order dated 7 April 2014 passed by the Returning Officer by which the nomination paper presented by the petitioner for contesting the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections of Farrukhabad Parliamentary Constituency has been rejected for the reason that the petitioner was not found to be residing at the address mentioned in the nomination form and her name had also been cancelled from the voters list.

(2.) ARTICLE 329 (b) of the Constitution provides as follows:

(3.) IT is well settled that the entire process from the issuance of a notification under Section 14 of The Representation of People Act, 1951 to the declaration of the results under Section 66 is comprehended within the expression 'election' in Article 329(b) of the Constitution. Once the election process has begun, the interference of this Court under Article 226 of the Constitution is clearly not warranted. Moreover, under Section 100 (1) (c), an improper rejection of a nomination is a ground on which the election of a returned candidate can be assailed.