Collective Litigation
Legal definition for Indian law research
Definition
Collective litigation, a phrase coined by Justice Iyer to denote and classify election disputes. According to him election disputes are not strictly disputes between two parties. The whole electorate is vicariously before the court. [Mohinder Singh v. Election Commissioner, AIR 1978 SC 851 (861), para 15]. (Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer)
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