JUDGMENT

1. This Election Petition has been filed by the petitioner under Section 100 (1)(d)(i)&(iv) and under Section 100 (1)(b) of the Representation of People Act, 1951 (for short, 'the RP Act') to declare that the election of the first respondent from 2-Outer Manipur (ST) Parliamentary Constituency to the 17th Lok Sabha, 2019 as null and void and to declare that the petitioner is the duly elected Member in the 17th Lok Sabha, 2019 from 2-Outer Manipur (ST) Parliamentary Constituency under Section 101 of the RP Act.

2. The Returning Officer of 2-Outer Manipur (ST) Parliamentary Constituency notified the election schedule for a Member to the House of People (Lok Sabha) in No.2-Outer Manipur (ST) Parliamentary Constituency in the following manner:

(a) Last date for making nomination

:

25.03.2019

(b) Date of scrutiny of nomination

:

26.03.2019

(c) Last date for withdrawal of nomination

:

28.03.2019

(d) Date of poll

:

11.04.2019

3. Pursuant to the public notice, the petitioner and others have filed their nomination papers within the time specified and the Returning Officer thereafter published in the Official Gazette the list of the candidates contesting in the Lok Sabha Election, 2019 from No.2