1 of 1952 53.
There was an election held for the Town Municipal Councillorship of the Gubbi town, in the State of Mysore, in March 1952, and the appellant and the respondent before us were the two rival candidates for the seat.
The material facts lie within a brief companypass and are for the most part uncontroverted.
As a result of the voting, the appellant was declared elected and thereupon the respondent filed an election petition before the Sub Judge, Tumkur, who was the Election Commr.
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K. Mukherjea, J. This appeal, which has companye before us on special leave, is directed against a judgment of a Division Bench of the Mysore High Court dated the 2nd February 1953, by which the learned Judges reversed, on appeal, an order dated the 10th October 1952 made by the Sub Judge, Tumkur, sitting as Election Commissioner, in Election Mis.
