https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=156079 Section 81(1) of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 requires an election petition to be presented within forty-five days from the date of election of the returned candidate, and Section 67A treats that date as the date of declaration of election. Section 9 of the General Clauses Act, 1897 applies the settled rule that, where time runs from a specified point, the first day is excluded unless a contrary intention appears. As Section 81(1) contains no contrary indication, the date of election is excluded in computing limitation, and a petition filed on that date is within time. en-us Tue, 10 Oct 2000 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 18 Sep 2013 11:36:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=156079 Section 81(1) of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 requires an election petition to be presented within forty-five days from the date of election of the returned candidate, and Section 67A treats that date as the date of declaration of election. Section 9 of the General Clauses Act, 1897 applies the settled rule that, where time runs from a specified point, the first day is excluded unless a contrary intention appears. As Section 81(1) contains no contrary indication, the date of election is excluded in computing limitation, and a petition filed on that date is within time. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 10 Oct 2000 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=156079