Tadar Mangku v. Tai Nikio
Case brief
What is this about?
IA(C)/70/2026, Gauhati High Court Itanagar Bench, Kardak Ete J., order dated 16.03.2026. Interlocutory application in election petition re 19-Nyapin (ST) Assembly Constituency allowed; summons issued to CEC New Delhi, CEO Arunachal Pradesh, DEO-cum-DC Koloriang and Yupia, SHO Nyapin, OC Sangram Police Station and ADC Nyapin to produce documents on 07.04.2026. Documents include election notifications dated 20.03.2024 (Sections 15 and 30, Representation of People’s Act), Form 20 result-sheet dated 02.06.2024, complaints of bogus/fake voters and poll rigging (2023–2024), Forms 12/12-A/12-C, Form 17A registers and postal-ballot records (Rules 49 and 49L, Conduct of Election Rules, 1961), marked electoral rolls (Clause 11.18.1, Handbook of Returning Officer, 2023), and arms-transfer records of returned candidate Tai Nikio. Parties: Tadar Mangku (applicant/election petitioner) v. Tai Nikio (returned candidate/opposite party). Counsel: D Tadar and R. Biswas for applicant; Rinchin Ledo Thungon, P. K. Tiwari (Senior Counsel) and A. R. Gogoi for respondent.