The petitioner is a practicing Advocate in the Patna High
Court and has filed this writ petition as a Public Interest
Litigation challenging sub-section (4) of Section 8 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 (for short ‘the Act’), as ultra vires the Constitution.
2. This writ petition was heard along with W.P.(C)
No.490 of 2005 and W.P.(C) No.231 of 2005 in which sub-
section (4) of Section 8 of the of the Act is also challenged
as ultra vires the Constitution.
3. We have today delivered the judgment in W.P.(C)
No.490 of 2005 and W.P.(C) No.231 of 2005. Hence, this
writ petition is disposed of in terms of the aforesaid
judgment in W.P.(C) No.490 of 2005 and W.P.(C) No.231 of
2005. No costs.
(A. K. Patnaik)
(Sudhansu Jyoti Mukhopadhaya)
New Delhi, July 10, 2013.