https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=171549 Under the Election Symbols (Reservation and Allotment) Order, 1968, the Returning Officer had to determine the party candidate strictly from timely Forms A and B, and a revised Form B could validly rescind an earlier one if it reached the Returning Officer in time and was signed by an authorised office-bearer. On that basis, Bachan Singh was validly treated as the party's candidate; the absence of a party seal was not a statutory defect, and Kamal Sharma's nomination was rightly rejected. Later affidavits, letters and statements could not override the statutory record, and the Election Commission had no jurisdiction to direct re-scrutiny. The appeal succeeded, the election petition failed, and the returned candidate's election was restored. en-us Fri, 23 Jan 2004 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 08 Dec 2015 11:24:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=171549 Under the Election Symbols (Reservation and Allotment) Order, 1968, the Returning Officer had to determine the party candidate strictly from timely Forms A and B, and a revised Form B could validly rescind an earlier one if it reached the Returning Officer in time and was signed by an authorised office-bearer. On that basis, Bachan Singh was validly treated as the party's candidate; the absence of a party seal was not a statutory defect, and Kamal Sharma's nomination was rightly rejected. Later affidavits, letters and statements could not override the statutory record, and the Election Commission had no jurisdiction to direct re-scrutiny. The appeal succeeded, the election petition failed, and the returned candidate's election was restored. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 23 Jan 2004 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=171549