{"id":220546,"date":"2011-04-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-19T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/sumitra-devi-vs-the-state-election-commission-on-20-april-2011"},"modified":"2018-02-11T23:31:15","modified_gmt":"2018-02-11T18:01:15","slug":"sumitra-devi-vs-the-state-election-commission-on-20-april-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/sumitra-devi-vs-the-state-election-commission-on-20-april-2011","title":{"rendered":"Sumitra Devi vs The State Election Commission on 20 April, 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Patna High Court &#8211; Orders<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Sumitra Devi vs The State Election Commission on 20 April, 2011<\/div>\n<pre>                     IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA\n                                     LPA No.650 of 2011\n                                       SUMITRA DEVI\n                                            Versus\n                            THE STATE ELECTION COMMISSION\n                                          -----------\n<\/pre>\n<p>2       20-04-2011               Let the defect relating to prayer portion be<\/p>\n<p>                     removed in course of the day, as prayed for. Thereafter<\/p>\n<p>                     the matter should be listed for admission as early as<\/p>\n<p>                     possible.<\/p>\n<pre>\n\n\n                                         (Shiva Kirti Singh, J.)\n\n\nBKS\/-                                     (Dr. Ravi Ranjan, J.)\n <\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Patna High Court &#8211; Orders Sumitra Devi vs The State Election Commission on 20 April, 2011 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA LPA No.650 of 2011 SUMITRA DEVI Versus THE STATE ELECTION COMMISSION &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211; 2 20-04-2011 Let the defect relating to prayer portion be removed in course of the day, as prayed for. 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