WP 532/2008 1 ITEM NO.3 COURT NO.2 SECTION X S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) NO.532 OF 2008 DESIYA MURPOKKU DRAVIDA KAZHAGAM & ANR. Petitioner(s) VERSUS ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA Respondent(s) (With appln.(s) for directions and amendment of prayer portion and impleadment as petitioner and impleadment as party respondent and office report) (For final disposal) WITH W.P.(C) NO.315 of 2009 (For prel. hearing) (With appln.(s) for interim directions and early hearing and office report) (For final disposal) W.P.(C) NO.422 of 2009 (With appln.(s) for directions and office report) (For final disposal) S.L.P.(C) NO.23494 of 2009 (With appln.(s) for exemption from filing c/c of the impugned judgment and exemption from filing O.T. and permission to file lengthy list of dates and permission to place addl. documents on record and prayer for interim relief and office report) (For final disposal) W.P.(C) NO.426 of 2009 (With appln.(s) for permission to file lengthy list of dates and directions and office report) (For final disposal) W.P.(C) NO.444 of 2009 (With appln.(s) for interim relief and office report) (For final disposal) W.P(C) NO.454 of 2009 (With appln.(s) for directions and office report) (For final disposal) W.P(C) NO.463 of 2009 (With appln.(s) for stay and office report) (For final disposal) W.P.(C) NO.447 of 2009 (With appln.(s) for directions and office report) (For final disposal) W.P(C) NO.132 of 2009 (With appln.(s) for directions and impleadment as party respondent and WP 532/2008 2 impleadment as petitioner) (For final disposal) SLP(C) NOS.7379-7380 of 2009 (With appln.(s) for exemption from filing c/c of the impugned judgment and prayer for interim relief) (For final disposal) W.P. (C) No.111/2011 (With appln. for ex-parte stay and office report) (For final disposal) W.P(C) NO.117 of 2011 (With appln.(s) for interim directions and office report) (For final disposal) W.P(C) NO.125 of 2011 (With appln.(s) for stay and office report) (For final disposal) W.P(C) NO.124 of 2011 (With appln.(s) for stay, interim directions and office report) (For final disposal) W.P. (C) No.128 of 2011 (With appln.(s) for stay and office report) (For final disposal) Date: 07/12/2011 These Petitions were called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ALTAMAS KABIR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SURINDER SINGH NIJJAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE J. CHELAMESWAR For Petitioner(s) Mr. K.K. Venugopal, Sr. Adv. Ms. Rukhsana Choudhury, AOR Col. Edwin Jesudas, Adv. Mr. Ankur Talwar, Adv. Mr. S. Ravi Shankar, AOR WP 422/09 Mr. Pravin Satale, Adv. Mr. Rajiv Shankar Dvivedi, AOR SLP 23494/09 & Mr. Manoj Goel, Adv. WP 426/09 Mr. Wajeeh Shafiq, Adv. Mr. Gopal Verma, Adv. Mr. Ashutosh Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. Shuvodeep Roy, AOR Mr. Vishwajit Singh, AOR Mr. Harinder Mohan Singh, AOR WP 447/09 Mr. Naushad Ahmad Khan, Adv. WP 532/2008 3 Mr. Mehbubul Hassan L., Adv. Mr. Aftab Ali Khan, AOR WP 132/09 Mr. Dushyant Singh, Adv. Mr. R. Nedumaran, AOR Ms. Meenakshi Arora, AOR WP 315/09 & 111/11 Mr. S. Ravi Shankar, AOR WP 117/11 Mr. Ankur Mittal, AOR Mr. Pranav Kumar Jha, Adv. WP 125/11 Mr. Sanjay R. Hegde, Adv. Mr. Tenzin Tsering, Adv. Mr. S. Nithin, Adv. Mr. Anil Kumar Mishra -I, AOR WP 124/11 Colnel Edwin Jesudass, Adv. Mr. Hari Shankar K., AOR Mr. Vikash Singh Jangra, Adv. WP 128/11 Mr. Ramesh Babu M.R., AOR Mr. N. Rajaraman, AOR For Respondent(s) Ms. Meenakshi Arora, AOR Mr. S.K. Mendiratta, Adv. Ms. Poli Kaiki, Adv. Mr. Vasav V., Adv. Mr. Rakesh K. Sharma, AOR Mr. Venkateswara Rao Anumolu, AOR Mr. Jogy Scaria, AOR Ms. Sharmila Upadhyay, AOR M/s. Lawyer's Knit & Co. SLP 7379-7380/11 Mr. Ramesh N. Keswani, Adv. Mr. Ram Lal Roy, Adv. M/s. Keswani & Co. UPON hearing counsel the Court made the following O R D E R WP 532/2008 4 Hearing concluded. Judgment reserved. (Chetan Kumar) (Juginder Kaur) Court Master Court Master Books referred in the Court 1. Representation of People Act. 2. Conduct of Elections Rules, 1961. 3. Chawla's Election Law and Practice. 4. A.I.R. 1962 SC 305 5. A.I.R. 1963 SC 1295 6. 1951 S.C.R. 608 7. 1952 S.C.R. 218 8. 1955 (1) S.C.R. 608 9. 1962 (3) S.C.R. 842 10. 1964 (1) S.C.R. 332 11. 1972 (4) S.C.C. 664 12. 1973 (2) S.C.C. 530 13. 1982 (1) S.C.C. 691 14. 1985 (4) S.C.C. 628 15. 1989 (1) S.C.C. 121 16. 1993 (4) S.C.C. 438 17. 1996 (1) S.C.C. 235 18. 1996 (3) S.C.C. 709 19. 2002 (6) S.C.C. 562 WP 532/2008 5 20. 2006 (7) S.C.C. 1 21. 2007 (3) S.C.C. 184 22. 2008 (14) S.C.C. 318 23. 2009 (3) S.C.C. 200 24. 2010 (7) S.C.C. 202 25. USSCR 12 Lawyers' Edition 2d 506 26. USSCR 131 Lawyers' Edition 2d 426