Sayal Ahmed Barbhuiya v. Aminul Haque Laskar and 12 Ors

ORDER Date : 01.05.2024 None appears on call for the recrimination petitioner or for the opposite party nos.3 to 13. However, Mr. N.M. Mazarbhuiya, learned counsel for the opposite party no.1 (petitioner in El.Pet. 1/2021); and Mr. K.P. Pathak, learned senior counsel, assisted by Mr. I. Kalita, learned counsel for the opposite party no.2 are present.

¶2The learned senior counsel for the opposite party no.2 has produced a copy of judgment dated 08.04.2024, passed by the Supreme Court of India in Civil Appeal No. 6282/2023. By the said judgment, this election petition was dismissed. A copy of the said order has been made a part of the record of the connected El.Pet. 01/2021.

¶3Accordingly, it is submitted that unless the election petition succeeds by a declaration that the election of the return candidate is void, the recrimination petition cannot be allowed. It is submitted that as the Supreme Court of India has dismissed the connected El.Pet. 1/2021, the recrimination petition would not survive and therefore, prayer is made to close this recrimination petition.

¶4He has also referred to the provision of Section 101 of the Representation of Peoples Act, 1951, wherein it is expressly provided that after declaring election of the return candidate to be void, the declaration of the petitioner or other candidate to have been duly elected can be passed.

¶5As the election petition is dismissed by the Supreme Court of India, the cause of action to pass an order for declaring any other candidate to have Page No.# 5/5 been duly elected cannot arise.

¶6Accordingly, on the prayer made by the learned senior counsel for the opposite party no.2, having not been objected to by the learned counsel for the opposite party no.1 stands allowed.

¶7Resultantly, this recrimination petition stands closed as infructuous in view of the dismissal of the election petition. JUDGE Comparing Assistant

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