Bench dismissed a PIL challenging the election of a respondent as an MP and MLA, finding no merit in allegations of foreign citizenship and no basis for political speculation.
No relief was granted to the petitioner.
This page shows the compact analysis of this judgement. The full analysis — procedural history, issue-by-issue holdings with ratio and obiter, advocates, and paragraph-level evidence for every claim — is being added to the record in batches and will appear here when this judgement has been through it.
CWP No. 13493 of 2011
1
IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT
CHANDIGARH.
CWP No. 13493 of 2011 (O&M) Date of decision 13.10.2011
Simranjit Singh Mann
. Appellants
Versus
Union of India and others
.. Respondents.
CORAM: HON'BLE THE ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJIV NARAIN RAINA
Present: Mr. Ranjan Lakhanpal, Advocate for the petitioner
M.M.KUMAR, ACJ.
2
CWP No. 13493 of 2011
ors AIR 2010 SC 2550) Moreover, there is nothing on the record to suggest that respondent no.4 is a British citizen except some indirect evidence (P.6). There is thus no merit in the writ petition and the same is accordingly dismissed.
(M.M.Kumar) Acting Chief Justice
13.10.2011
(Rajiv Narain Raina) Judge
okg
2 issues framed by the court
Whether a public interest writ petition can be used for political scores against an elected representative's citizenship status.
Whether the allegations of British citizenship against the respondent require an independent inquiry by the court.
Colour shows how this judgement treated each authority
State of Uttaranchal v. Balwant Singh Chaufal orsReferred¶16
State of Uttaranchal v. Balwant Singh Chaufal ors AIR 2010 SC 2550 · Who else cites this
Simranjit Singh Mann
Union of India
M.M. Kumar
Rajiv Narain Raina
As recorded by the court registry
Judgements on the same questions, provisions and authorities, from every court
