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....”5. It was contended that in terms of Rule 31 of the Punjab Panchayat Election Rules framed under the Punjab State Election Commission Act, the ...respondents, on the other hand, would submit that whereas the Punjab Panchayati Raj Act only lays down the manner of holding election the substantive provisions therefor are to be found in the Punjab State...Chapter VIII of the Punjab State Election Commission Act, 1994 as also Section 58 occurring in Chapter X thereof as well as Rule 31 of the Rules, the learned counsel would contend that the Deputy...
...said election by an election petition under Section 74 of the Punjab State Election Commission Act, 1994 Respondents 1 to 13 took a short cut by filing a writ petition and invoking the co...municipality shall be called in question except by an election petition presented to such authority and in such manner as is provided for by or under any law made by the legislature of a State...issue involved in this appeal is whether the High Court could have entertained a writ petition filed under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India to interfere with an election to a Municipal...
.... 2. In this appeal the challenge is to the order dated 21.01.2014 whereby the election petition preferred by the appellant under Section 74 of The Punjab State Election ...petition as per the procedure prescribed under Section 81 of The Punjab State Election Commission Act, 1994. 3. It is the contention of learned counsel for the...contentions. Without proceeding to do so, it has straight away decided the election petition which is in violation of Section 81 of The Punjab State Election Commission Act, 1994...
...Som Lal v. Vijay Laxmi 2008 (2) R.C.R (Civil) 760, wherein it has been held that the provisions as contained under the Punjab State Election ...Section 208 of the Punjab Panchayati Raj Act, 1994 do state that he should not be in possession of any Gram Panchayat land/property, whereas Section 11 of the Punjab ...the election of the post in a Gram Panchayat, the provisions as contained under Section 11 of Punjab State Election Commission Act, 1994, would be applicable as it is a...
..., District Panipat to consider and decide the election petition as expeditiously as possible keeping in the view the mandate of Section 80(6) of the Punjab State Election Commission Act, 1994 and ...State Election Commission Act, 1994 provides for decision of an election petition as expeditiously as possible with every endeavourbeing made to conclude the trial within six months from the date on...State Election Commission Act, 1994, the election petition having been presented for trial on 21.11.2022 is to be decided expeditiously and every effort is to be made to conclude the trial within six...
...Hemant Gupta, J.:— The petitioner has sought transfer of the Election Petition filed in terms of the Punjab State Election Commission Act, 1994 titled as....2. It has been pointed out that there is no provision in the Punjab State Election Commission Act, 1994 for transfer of the election petition from one Tr...‘Jagroop Singh v. Gurbhag Singh etc. ‘from the Court of the Election Tribunal-cum-Additinal Deputy Commissioner, Mansa, to some other Election Tribunal in the State of Punjab...
...nominations, all the nominations were rejected, except that of respondent No.5. Thus, in terms of provision of Section 54(2) of the Punjab State Election Commission Act, 1994, respondent No.5, being the...Punjab State Election Commission Act, 1994.
4. Accordingly, the petition stands disposed of.
5. All the pending miscellaneous applications, if any, are also...&M) Date of decision: 12.11.2024 Jagdish Singh ...Petitioner Vs.
State of Punjab and others ...Respondents
CORAM: HON'BLE...
...petitioners claim that they are resident of those villages, they have efficacious remedy to move application under Section 32 of the Punjab State Election Commission Act, 1994 fo...(3) of Section 32 of the Punjab State Election Commission Act, 1994, we cannot direct the Returning Officer to permit the petitioners to caste votes in the aforesaid two village...SATISH KUMAR MITTAL, J. (Oral)The petitioners who are residents of village Mohkam Araian, Tehsil Jalalabad, District Fazilka, Punjab have filed the instant petition under...
...Punjab State Election Commission Act, 1994, vide which, the election petition filed by the respondents was accepted and the election of present appellant was set aside....the Punjab State Election Commission Act, 1994. Vide Order dated 26.08.2009, the election petition was allowed and the election of present appellant was set aside....provisions of law i.e Sections 76 and 80 of the Punjab State Election Commission Act, 1994 (for short, ‘the Act’) and the election petition was not signed by the candidate, whereas, it sh...
...provisions of Sections 76 to 78 of The Punjab State Election Commission Act, 1994? OPR
3. Relief:"
The following issues were proposed by Pritam ...petitioners have not complied with the provisions of Sections 76 to 78 of The Punjab State Election Commission Act, 1994? OPR
3. Relief...Election Tribunal is contrary to the provisions of Section 81 of the Punjab State Election Commission Act, 1994 (for short, 'the Act') as it provides that subje...
...letter dated 17.09.2018 (Annexure P-1). It is contended that inspite of clear understanding that in view of the provisions of Section 129 of the Punjab State Election Commission Act, 1994...put on election duty, the same reads as under:- 5. In pursuance of provisions of Section 129 of the Punjab State Election Commission Act, 1994 and t...2018, titled as The Cooperative Bank Employees Federation, State of Punjab, Bathinda Versus State Election Commission, Punjab, 1 of 2 C.W.P. No. 24207 of 2018...
...Returning Officer, who under Section 59 of the Punjab State Election Commission Act, 1994, is the authority to declare the result of the election. It is submitted that o...State Election Commission ceases to have any jurisdiction to order any repolling. Section 59 of the State Election Commission Act which permits order of repolli...Adarsh Kumar Goel, J.:— This petition challenges the order of the State Election Commission dated 26.6.1998 conducting the election and ordering repolling of the election of Sarpanch and...
...Magistrate, Fatehgarh Sahib, in case FIR No. 32 dated 21.6.1998 registered at Police Station Mianpur, under Sections 186, & 353 IPC and Section 124 of the Punjab State Election Commission Act, 1994...IPC and 124 of the Punjab State Election Commission Act, to undergo rigorous imprisonment for three months each. All the sentences were ordered to run concurrent.Petitioner...petitioner under Section 353 IPC is reduced from six months to four months rigorous imprisonment, however, sentence under Section 186 IPC and Section 124 of the Punjab State Election Commission ...
...Officer,
Election Tribunal, Moga, in which the Election Petition filed by Mohinder
Singh under Section 74 of the Punjab State Election Commission Act, 1994 and
the...
IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT
CHANDIGARH
FAO No.566 of 2005
Date of Decision:27.09.2019
Sher Mohammed
.................APPELLANT
Vs...Panchayat Election Rules, 1994 challenging the election of Sher
Mohammed as Sarpanch of Village Burj Dunna, which was held in the year
2003, has been stated as wrong and illegal.
Since...
...(2) read with Section 80(1) of the Punjab State Election Commission Act, 1994 was dismissed. [2]. Respondent No.2 filed a petition under Section 89 of Punjab State Election ...under Section 76(2) read with Section 80(1) of Punjab State Election Commission Act, 1994 on the ground that the petitioner on inspection of the judicial file on 12.05.2015 found that the documents...petition. Prayer was made for dismissal of the election petition under Section 80 for violation of mandatory provision of Section 76(2) of the Punjab State Election Commission Act, 1994. Para No.4...
...Constitution of India and Section 74 of the Punjab State Election Commission Act, 1994 (hereinafter referred to as `the Act'), election of Sarpanch is to be challenged by filing ...Baljit Singh v. State of Punjab and others (CWP No. 13643 of 2008, decided on August 22, 2008), wherein it has been held that in view of Clause (b) of Article 243-O of the...petition under section 76 on the grounds mentioned in Section 89 of the Act, the petitioners may be permitted to withdraw this petition with liberty to avail the remedy of election petition...
...respondent no. 2 to decide the election petition filed by the petitioner under Section 76 read with Rule 50 of the Punjab State Election Commission Act, 1994 against...respondent no. 3 in a time bound manner.Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that all the parties have appeared before the Election Tribunal, but the election petition is not being decided...his evidence in election petition, but respondent no. 3 has not intentionally led evidence.Without commenting on merits of the case, instant writ petition is disposed of directing...
...the alternative remedy of filing an election petition under Section 74 read with Section 89 of the Punjab State Election Commission Act, 1994, learned counsel for the petitioners prays for permiss...Petitioners - Lakhvir Singh and Jasbir Singh and wife of Petitioner Gurcharan Singh claiming themselves to be contestants for election to the office of Members of Municipal Council..., Patti, District Tarn Taran, have filed the present petition with a direction to the official respondents / State machinery to conduct free and fair general elections to be held on 14.2.2021. The basis...
...with Section 89 of the Punjab State Election Commission Act, 1994, learned counsel for the petitioners prays for permission to withdraw the present writ petition with liberty to file election peti...Six petitioners Gurmit Kaur, Rakesh Rani, Malkit Singh, Amarjit Kaur and Balwan Singh claiming themselves to be contestants for election to the office of Members of Nagar Panchayat..., Bhai Rupa, Tehsil Phul, District Bathinda, have filed the present petition with a direction to the official respondents / State machinery to conduct free and fair general elections to be held on...
...in view of the provisions contained in sub-section (3) of Section 32 of the Punjab State Election Commission Act, 1994, no direction for the inclusion of a name in the...by the Electoral Registration Officer for the election of the said Gram Panchayat.After hearing the learned counsel for the petitioner, we are not inclined to entertain this petition as...electoral roll of a constituency can be given after the last date of making nominations for an election and before completion of the election. In the present case nomination papers have already been filed...