Court : Rajasthan Jodhpur
..... the ground of discrepancy in the number of votes found and number of ballot papers issued. 8 in kattinokkula murali krishna (supra).the supreme court while considering section 100 of representation of people act, deprecated the practice of order for inspection and recount of ballot papers in want of strong prima facie case to suspect illegality in counting of votes. the court ..... votes is the foundation of democracy and, therefore, a fair and transparent method of election which includes counting of votes is the essence of democratic norms.the election of a people s representative by secret ballot pre-supposes that this sacrosanct object is not to be sacrificed on mere suspicion. considering all these aspects, the finding of learned election tribunal on .....
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