Sagufta Bano Shahid Hussain Shaikh v. The Returning Officer And ANR

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION (L) NO.397 OF 2017 Sagufta Bano Shahid Hussain Shaikh ... Petitioner v/s The Returning Officer and others ... Respondents Mr Surender Sharma for Petitioner.

Mr S.B. Shetye for Election Commission of India.

CORAM

: NARESH H. PATIL & M.S. KARNIK JJ.

DATE : 15th FEBRUARY 2017 P.C. :- 1.

The Petitioner's nomination paper came to be rejected. Hence, the present Petition is filed. 2.

The learned counsel for the Petitioner submits that the Petitioner was wrongly directed by the Returning Officer and in haste some signatures were obtained in the columns 'Proposer' and 'Seconder'.

VRD

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We have heard Mr Shetye, learned counsel for Respondent No.2. He submits that the Petitioner failed to submit proper valid nomination paper.

4.

In the facts, no interference is warranted in the Petition. The Petitioner has statutory alternate remedy which could be exercised after the election results are declared. 5.

Petition is disposed of.

(M.S. KARNIK, J.) (NARESH H. PATIL, J.) VRD