{"id":60957,"date":"2010-10-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-09-30T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/samajwadi-janta-dal-democratic-vs-the-election-commission-of-ind-on-1-october-2010"},"modified":"2018-08-05T02:19:02","modified_gmt":"2018-08-04T20:49:02","slug":"samajwadi-janta-dal-democratic-vs-the-election-commission-of-ind-on-1-october-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/samajwadi-janta-dal-democratic-vs-the-election-commission-of-ind-on-1-october-2010","title":{"rendered":"Samajwadi Janta Dal Democratic vs The Election Commission Of Ind on 1 October, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Patna High Court &#8211; Orders<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Samajwadi Janta Dal Democratic vs The Election Commission Of Ind on 1 October, 2010<\/div>\n<pre>                          IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA\n                                     CWJC No.15970 of 2010\n                    SAMAJWADI JANTA DAL DEMOCRATIC, THROUGH ITS STATE\n                    GENERAL SECRETARY SRI BHAGWAN PRASAD PRAVAKAR,\n                    S\/O LATE MANGAL PRASAD, R\/O VILLAGE- GOPALPUR MATH,\n                    P.O- MASAURHI, DISTRICT- PATNA.\n                                                            ...........PETITIONER.\n                                             Versus\n                    1. THE ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA, NIRVACHAN\n                       SADAN, NEW DELHI THROUGH THE CHIEF ELECTION\n                       COMMISSIONER.\n                    2. THE CHIEF ELECTION COMMISSIONER, THE ELECTION\n                       COMMISSION OF INDIA, NIRVACHAN SADAN, NEW DELHI.\n                    3. THE SECRETARY, THE ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA,\n                       NIRVACHAN SADAN, NEW DELHI.\n                    4. THE CHIEF ELECTORAL OFFICER, BIHAR, PATNA.\n                                                           ..........RESPONDENTS.\n                                    -----------\n<\/pre>\n<p>03\/    01.10.2010                 Ms. Anita learned counsel for the petitioner seeks<\/p>\n<p>                     permission to withdraw the writ petition.<\/p>\n<p>                                  Learned counsel for the Election Commission<\/p>\n<p>                     files counter affidavit but has no objection in withdrawal of<\/p>\n<p>                     this writ petition. Accordingly, this writ petition is dismissed<\/p>\n<p>                     as withdrawn.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<pre>      Ranjan                                            (S.N. 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