https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=297399 Different election tribunals composed of District Judges and retired High Court Judges were treated as constitutionally permissible because Article 14 requires treatment of tribunals exercising the same powers and functions, not identity of status among their members. The Election Commission's classification in constituting tribunals was upheld as rationally connected to the statutory object and administrative need for independent, expeditious adjudication. The power to fix the tribunal's place of sitting was also held not to alter or enlarge the High Court's constitutional appellate jurisdiction, since the statutory appellate forum depended on the tribunal's location. en-us Wed, 03 Jul 1957 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 02 Sep 2021 15:45:53 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=297399 Different election tribunals composed of District Judges and retired High Court Judges were treated as constitutionally permissible because Article 14 requires treatment of tribunals exercising the same powers and functions, not identity of status among their members. The Election Commission's classification in constituting tribunals was upheld as rationally connected to the statutory object and administrative need for independent, expeditious adjudication. The power to fix the tribunal's place of sitting was also held not to alter or enlarge the High Court's constitutional appellate jurisdiction, since the statutory appellate forum depended on the tribunal's location. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 03 Jul 1957 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=297399