Chhattisgarh High Court: Returning Officer Not a Proper Party in Election Petition
Citation : 2002 Local Law (CG) 81 The Chhattisgarh High Court has taken a clear, statute-focused view in an election dispute that turned on a simple procedural question: can a Returning Officer be made a party to an election petition? After hearing argument and reviewing Supreme Court authority, the court ruled that the Returning Officer…