Mr.P.A.Sangma, the ex-speaker of the Indian Lokh Sabha, who contested against
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Mr.Pranab Mukherjee
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in the Presidential elections had filed a petition to the Supreme Court of India, challenging the election of Mr.Mukherjee, on the grounds that he had been holding office of profit as the Chairman of the Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata.
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The Supreme Court on 5th December 2012, dismissed by a majority ruling Mr. P A Sangma’s above petition and upheld the election of Mr.Mukherjee as the President of India.
The following are the 5 Justices of the bench which heard Mr.Sangma’s petition:
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Chief Justice Altamas Kabir,
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Justice P Sathasivam,
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Justice S S Nijjar,
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Justice J Chelameswar and
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Justice Ranjan Gogoi.
Mr.Pranab Mukherjee
in the Presidential elections had filed a petition to the Supreme Court of India, challenging the election of Mr.Mukherjee, on the grounds that he had been holding office of profit as the Chairman of the Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata.
The Supreme Court on 5th December 2012, dismissed by a majority ruling Mr. P A Sangma’s above petition and upheld the election of Mr.Mukherjee as the President of India.
The following are the 5 Justices of the bench which heard Mr.Sangma’s petition:
Chief Justice Altamas Kabir,
Justice P Sathasivam,
Justice S S Nijjar,
Justice J Chelameswar and
Justice Ranjan Gogoi.
The first 3 Justices of the above Supreme Court of India Bench, including the Chief Justice held that Mr.P.A.Sangma’s petition is not maintainable for regular hearing, while the last 2 Justices held that the petition deserves regular hearing.
