{"id":79272,"date":"2009-06-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-08T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/smt-k-k-banu-vs-smt-r-bhagirathy-on-9-june-2009"},"modified":"2015-03-09T14:04:11","modified_gmt":"2015-03-09T08:34:11","slug":"smt-k-k-banu-vs-smt-r-bhagirathy-on-9-june-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/smt-k-k-banu-vs-smt-r-bhagirathy-on-9-june-2009","title":{"rendered":"Smt K K Banu vs Smt R Bhagirathy on 9 June, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"
Karnataka High Court<\/div>\n
Smt K K Banu vs Smt R Bhagirathy on 9 June, 2009<\/div>\n
Author: Ram Mohan Reddy<\/div>\n
         \n\n -27 T\u00a7~I' E_\u00abRETURNING OFFICER\n\n  IMDIKERI TALUK, COORG.\n\n (I3y SMT: M c NAGASHREE, AGA FOR R2) (\n\n \n\nat THE men comm' or   \u00e9  \" x \nmama THIS TI-IE 9th nA1?\u00bb.:9F\u00a7'_'J\u00a3i1\u00a7E.f2;O\u00a7}\u00e9I \" \num xzozrnuz ma. _vA1\u00a73'7.BDY\nwnrr 1=E*rI'rmx   \u00a3138-ELE)\n\nsMrKKBAN1.3'--...   -  _\nD\/C) LATE KUNHI RAM'Ar\u00ab:.. , . \nAGE} 42 YEARS  \" ,?   \nR\/O KADA< POST\nMADIKERI11*ALm{,\"c':Q<)RG.'\u00ab.._  -- '\n\n. . . PETITIONER\n\n(By an: K M r\u00a7m'rARA;j,-_A:),V'\u00ab..%'L~~)\n\n1  R.V'B.HPsGIR\u00a3iTHY\n'AGED 3'1f;'\u00a513:2aRs\nW50 LA'I'E' jRAJU\nL we KADAGADALU VILLAGE AND POST\n MADIKERI TALUK, COORG.\n\n"\u00bbKADAGADALU GRAM PANCHAYATH ELECTION\n\n RESPONDENTS<\/pre>\n
‘Bharathiya Hindu Malayan’ and that the words Tiya’<\/p>\n
was erased in the extract Ex.C-1 (a). Ex.C-2(a) <\/p>\n
to be another sehooi record, as testified ” <\/p>\n
is that the caste of the declared  <\/p>\n
as ‘Bharathjya Hindu Nayar-M:\u00a7leiVyda’ii.f  <\/p>\n
examination admits that  _\ufb021e ‘de’e.1.ared <\/p>\n
belongs to ‘Bharathiya  Nay\u00e9r}_M3iay$ilj’  as
\nrecorded in the e_ :4._a\u00a51:c\u00a3e.t11eVVe.diVi1ission<\/p>\n
regster.\n<\/p>\n
 I The  of PW-2 the Disirict<\/p>\n
Of\ufb01cer, B:-iekvgv-a_t11–.  testj\ufb01es that the caste<\/p>\n
  is.’  the other backward<\/p>\n
   the caste ‘Nayar’ does not fall under<\/p>\n
 community and noxma\ufb02y in the case of<\/p>\n
  woman, the caste to which father<\/p>\n
   would be considered as the caste to which<\/p>\n
   belongs. So aiso PW-3, the Tahsildar who issued<\/p>\n
 ‘  the caste certi\ufb01cate Ex”?-8 deposed that he did not<\/p>\n
H<\/p>\n
“Harijan’, No clinching evidence was adduced to<\/p>\n
establish that the petitioner   E H’  .. V<\/p>\n
‘He1eya(Harijana)’ caste. in fact, Ex.R–2  <\/p>\n
issued by the School arid  l<\/p>\n
the Transfer Certi\ufb01cate  {meal <\/p>\n
candidate belong to ‘I~IiI1du–‘M\u00a7ii.ayali.”-~ Tillie
\nspoken to by CW1, rise  iilvi\u00e9idegadalu
\nHigher Prim’ my School-esilwe\ufb02   and R-3<\/p>\n
the  and the certi\ufb01ed<\/p>\n
copy  “clearly disclose that the<\/p>\n
petitioner   ‘iliindu Malayali.’ No exception<\/p>\n
. i  Eti\u00e9ikegeto tliewiiildings, reasons and conclusions<\/p>\n
 –   Election Tribunal.\n<\/p>\n
9.. There is considerable force in the submission<\/p>\n
 of lithe learned counsel for the petitioner that the<\/p>\n
A’   Election Tribunal fell in error in declaring’ the election<\/p>\n
  petitioner as duly elected from the Closebem<\/p>\n
bi<\/p>\n
IE<\/p>\n
Reserved Constituency to Kadagadaiiijid   H<\/p>\n
Panchayath, Kodagu District.<\/p>\n
10. Section 20 of tlde Act   {he
\npurpose reads thus: ‘ V d ‘
\n“Grounds on whic\ufb02h a  than
\nthe  to have
\nbeen elt3’_\u00a221.f:i’d’  i’  Qer\ufb01o\ufb01  \ufb01led an
\nelection:   dj\u00e9dditzvi\u00e9vaxi to calling in
\nqugt\u00e9tiiiii’   th\u00e9’._'”x*\u00e91\ufb01rned candidate,
\nC}a.{II1S”‘a’ ih\u00a7t*–hc “himself or any other
\ncanddidafcdd has. Vb”ed\u00e9n,_4d1\u00a7ljrV.’.elccted and the (Civil
\n.3_–.:dge (.ii:a;m- Bivi\u00e9idiij) is ofopi11ion~\n<\/p>\n
 –.   fact the petitioner or such other
\n1 vv.:v4:”‘\u00a2v.\u00a7uidid:ate received a majority of the
\n_ votes; or
\n  but for {he votes obtained by the<\/p>\n
V = returned candidate by corrupt practices
\nthe psetitioner or such other candtdatt<\/p>\n
would have obtained a majority of the
\nvalid votes;\n<\/p>\n
the (Civil Judge(.Junior. E)v11)) shall after
\ndeclaring the elec\ufb01on of the returned candidate
\nto be void declare the: petitiimer or such other<\/p>\n
candidate, as the case may be, to have  bu <\/p>\n
elected.\n<\/p>\n
(:2) The decision  the  V’ .\n<\/p>\n
Judge[Junior.Dvn))s}:1all   A V  <\/p>\n
H. Sec.10}  ‘-the of Peoples
\nAct, 1951 read t.nue:oo__f_eeeV  ‘ b
\n    other
\nthan the ;?t-gtii\ufb01ied4’C\u00e9\u00a7nEii:{ate’v.;11ay be declared
\nto’ ‘h;\u00ab;iire–\n<\/p>\n
   has lodged a petition
\nnee,’  – additioi: . ealling in question the<\/p>\n
electionu” the’ retufrxed candidate, claimed a
\n._i iie(;let1e1ion  he himself or any other<\/p>\n
%  _Vcan:d\u00e9{ia\u00a7e’~–.bas been duly elected and the High<\/p>\n
  .143 rji”-.c\u00a7pi11_1o:1 —\n<\/p>\n
 (ej  fact the petitioner or such other
\n ..ee,n;::ie1ate received a majority of the vaiid
\n Votes; or<\/p>\n
H (b) that but for the votes obtained by the
\nreturned candidate by corrupt practice the
\npetitioner or such other candidate would
\nhave obtained a majority of the valid votes,<\/p>\n
the High Court shall, after declaring the election<\/p>\n
of the returned candidate to be void declare the<\/p>\n
M<\/p>\n
ye\ufb01\ufb01oncr or such other candidate, as th-.\u00a7fbasg\u00a7”” ‘~ <\/p>\n
may be, to have been duly electcgi<\/p>\n
:2. Section 20 of the Act is’%%%pa\u00a7\u00a5a  * <\/p>\n
that of Sec. 101 of the Repfe.\u00a7\u20ac:ntat\ufb01on._\u00a7f Act,
\n1951 and tI1ereforey’the   by the
\nCourts under Sec. 101’-‘  of<\/p>\n
Peoples Act  1;o:=_Se::.\n<\/p>\n
1\u00bb3;~~- “””Vv.’E\\’ii:ddy vs. Konappa
\nRudrapvpa ” ‘ \u00a7I.1other, reported in AIR<\/p>\n
1969 SC ._ Ape)?’ Court having regard to the<\/p>\n
  Qf sec; v}–\u00a31}\u00ab’of the Representation of Peoples<\/p>\n
. V ‘  A ~ <\/p>\n
_ ‘A . Zglfhen there are only two contesting<\/p>\n
V .4 cg\ufb01\u00a71id:$;tes, and one of them is under a
\n AA , stat\ufb01tory disquali\ufb01cation, Votes cast in
\n% =  favour of the disquali\ufb01ed candidates may be
\nregarded as thrown away, irrespective of
\nwhether the voters who voted for him were
\naware of the disquaii\ufb01catien and no fresh<\/p>\n
poll is necessary. This is not to say that<\/p>\n
M<\/p>\n
In the result, the Writ petition is allowed    ” ~ V. <\/p>\n
The order impugned in so far as .i__t
\nthe 131: respondent election
\nthe membership of thg ..\u00ab–VV:P\u00a7%ncif1ayath
\nfrom the Closebemv ‘4″”~V%”\u00e9”\\\\”*17,”$”tituez1C3\/, is<\/p>\n
quashed.\n<\/p>\n
csg<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Karnataka High Court Smt K K Banu vs Smt R Bhagirathy on 9 June, 2009 Author: Ram Mohan Reddy -27 T\u00a7~I’ E_\u00abRETURNING OFFICER IMDIKERI TALUK, COORG. (I3y SMT: M c NAGASHREE, AGA FOR R2) ( at THE men comm’ or \u00e9 ” x mama THIS TI-IE 9th nA1?\u00bb.:9F\u00a7’_’J\u00a3i1\u00a7E.f2;O\u00a7}\u00e9I ” um xzozrnuz ma. _vA1\u00a73’7.BDY wnrr 1=E*rI’rmx […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-79272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-high-court","category-karnataka-high-court"],"yoast_head":"\nSmt K K Banu vs Smt R Bhagirathy on 9 June, 2009 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/smt-k-k-banu-vs-smt-r-bhagirathy-on-9-june-2009\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Smt K K Banu vs Smt R Bhagirathy on 9 June, 2009 - 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