ORDER

1. In view of conflicting views expressed by us, we refer this matter to a three Judge Bench for resolving the conflict. The Registry shall place the record before Hon'ble the Chief Justice of India for constituting an appopriate Bench.

JUDGMENT

T.S. Thakur, J.-High Court of Judicature at Bombay, Nagpur Bench has dismissed Election Petitions No.1 and 2 of 2010 filed by the appellants- petitioners in these appeals. The High Court has taken the view that although the election petitions did not allege the commission of any corrupt practice against the returned candidate (respondent herein) and although the petitions sufficiently established the authenticity of the documents relied upon by the petitioners yet the petitions were deficient inasmuch as the same did not disclose as to how the election of the returned candidate was materially affected by the alleged improper reception of the votes polled in the election. The hallmark of the order passed by the High Court is a copious reference to the decisions of this Court no matter some if not most of them had no or little relevance or application to the facts of the case before it, in the process adding to the bulk of the order und