https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=288500 A service regulation barring an employee from taking part in elections was treated as a disciplinary rule, not an electoral disqualification, because it operated under the employer's service framework and was enforceable through penalties rather than by voiding candidature. On that footing, the municipal election was not invalidated. A defeated candidate also could not be declared elected merely because the returned candidate was found not to have been disqualified; the election statute required judicial discretion and did not make such a declaration automatic absent material showing that the result must have been different. The returned candidate's election was therefore upheld, and the claim for declaration of election failed. en-us Fri, 04 May 1979 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 11 Jun 2020 12:43:19 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=288500 A service regulation barring an employee from taking part in elections was treated as a disciplinary rule, not an electoral disqualification, because it operated under the employer's service framework and was enforceable through penalties rather than by voiding candidature. On that footing, the municipal election was not invalidated. A defeated candidate also could not be declared elected merely because the returned candidate was found not to have been disqualified; the election statute required judicial discretion and did not make such a declaration automatic absent material showing that the result must have been different. The returned candidate's election was therefore upheld, and the claim for declaration of election failed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 04 May 1979 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=288500