LAWS(MANIP)-2022-9-7

HOULIM SHOKHOPAO MATE Vs. LORHO S. PFOZE

Decided On September 23, 2022
Houlim Shokhopao Mate Appellant
V/S
Lorho S. Pfoze Respondents

JUDGEMENT

(1.) This Election Petition has been filed by the petitioner under Sec. 100(1)(d)(i)&(iv) and under Sec. 100(1)(b) of the Representation of People Act, 1951 (for short, "the RP Act") to declare that the election of the first respondent from 2-Outer Manipur (ST) Parliamentary Constituency to the 17th Lok Sabha, 2019 as null and void and to declare that the petitioner is the duly elected Member in the 17th Lok Sabha, 2019 from 2-Outer Manipur (ST) Parliamentary Constituency under Sec. 101 of the RP Act.

(2.) The Returning Officer of 2-Outer Manipur (ST) Parliamentary Constituency notified the election schedule for a Member to the House of People (Lok Sabha) in No.2-Outer Manipur (ST) Parliamentary Constituency in the following manner:

(3.) Pursuant to the public notice, the petitioner and others have filed their nomination papers within the time specified and the Returning Officer thereafter published in the Official Gazette the list of the candidates contesting in the Lok Sabha Election, 2019 from No.2-Outer Manipur (ST) Parliamentary Constituency. The list of candidates notified is as under: