https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=200461 Article 324 gives the Election Commission residual supervisory power over elections, but only in gaps left by valid parliamentary legislation and rules; it cannot introduce voting by machine where the Representation of the People Act, 1951 and the Conduct of Election Rules, 1961 already govern the method of voting. The expression "ballot" in Section 59 and Rule 49 was treated as referring to voting by ballot paper, not by machine. There is no estoppel against statute, so participation or silence cannot validate an unauthorised voting method. The result based on the mechanical process could not stand, and a repoll was required in the affected polling stations. en-us Mon, 05 Mar 1984 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:17:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=200461 Article 324 gives the Election Commission residual supervisory power over elections, but only in gaps left by valid parliamentary legislation and rules; it cannot introduce voting by machine where the Representation of the People Act, 1951 and the Conduct of Election Rules, 1961 already govern the method of voting. The expression "ballot" in Section 59 and Rule 49 was treated as referring to voting by ballot paper, not by machine. There is no estoppel against statute, so participation or silence cannot validate an unauthorised voting method. The result based on the mechanical process could not stand, and a repoll was required in the affected polling stations. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 05 Mar 1984 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=200461