Supreme Court Legal Update #7

The Hon’ble Supreme Court in Sandeep Kumar v. Vinod & Ors. observed that “.... Under the law presently applicable as laid down by this Court, particularly in the case of “Mohinder Singh Gill & Anr. vs. The Chief Election Commissioner, New Delhi & Ors. reported in 1978 (1) SCC 405, once elections are announced, they should not be interfered with and after the election, the only remedy is to file an election petition and the rejection of a nomination paper is definitely one of the grounds that can be raised in an election petition. .......”