SHUJAT HUSSAIN vs PROVINCIAL ELECTION COMMISSIONER, BALOCHISTAN Ss — 2023 PLD 500 SUPREME-COURT

Case information

Citation: 2023 PLD 500 SUPREME-COURT
Court: Supreme Court of Pakistan
Year: 2023
Reporter: PLD
Parties: SHUJAT HUSSAIN vs PROVINCIAL ELECTION COMMISSIONER, BALOCHISTAN Ss

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Judgment text as reported

SHUJAT HUSSAIN VS PROVINCIAL ELECTION COMMISSIONER, BALOCHISTAN Ss. 16(4), 37 & 38(1)---Elections act (XXXIII of 2017), Ss. 8, 9 & 229(1)---Local Bodies elections---Election to the office of the Chairman, Union Council---Recounting of Votes---Election Commission, powers of---Scope---Election petition filed before the Election Commission under Section 37 of the Balochistan Local Government act, 2010 ('the 2010 act') read with Sections 8 and 9 of the Elections act, 2017 ('the 2017 act), seeking a re-poll of the election---Held, that the election could only have been called in question by an election petition before the Election Tribunal and not otherwise---act of Election Commission in choosing to decide the matter itself, was not sustainable in the eyes of law.

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