Smt Jayamma v. the Registrar
Case brief
What is this about?
Members of a milk producers' co-operative society challenged the ineligible voters' list for a board election as violating Rule 13-D(2-A). With the society not contesting, the court applied H S Raju, permitted counting of petitioners' votes and announcement of results, keeping eligibility open to an election dispute under Section 70(2).
What did the court decide?
Returning Officer directed to announce results counting petitioners' votes; ballots kept separately; eligibility left open to Section 70(2)(c) dispute.