LawgistThe Presidential and Vice-Presidential Elections Act
14Authority to try election petitions
1[14. Authority to try election petitions.-- (1) No election shall be called in question except by presenting an election petition to the authority specified in sub-section (2).
(2) The authority having jurisdiction to try an election petition shall be the Supreme Court.
(3) Every election petition shall be presented to such authority in accordance with the provisions of this Part and of the rules made by the Supreme Court under article 145.]
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1. Subs. by Act 20 of 1977, s. 2, for Part III.
DISPUTES REGARDING ELECTIONS
- 13 Definitions
- 14 Authority to try election petitions
- 14A Presentation of petition
- 15 Form of petitions, etc., and procedure
- 16 Relief that may be claimed by the petitioner
- 17 Orders of the Supreme Court
- 18 Grounds for declaring the election of a returned candidate to be void
- 19 Grounds for which a candidate other than the returned candidate may he declared to have been elected
- 20 Transmission of orders to the Central Government and its publicatio
