On May 6, there was an election to the office of the President and Shri Rajendra Prasad was declared elected.
Appeal under Order V, rule 3 of the Supreme Court Rules.
ORIGINAL JURISDICTION Civil Miscellaneous Petition No.
The following Judgment of the Court was delivered by VENKATARAMA AIYAR J. This is a petition under Art.
71 1 of the Constitution of India.
Thereafter Dr. N. B. Khare filed the present petition describing himself as an intending candidate and alleging that there had been violations of the provisions of the Constitution and that the election was in companysequence number valid.
V. S. Mani and Ganpat Rai, for the petitioner.
October 14.
915 of 1957.
