Requirement to issue reasoned decision in the last instance
India
Representation of the People Act, 1951 Part VI
116C. Procedure in appeal.—(1) Subject to theprovisions of this Act and of the rules, if any, made thereunder, every appealshall be heard and determined by the Supreme Court as nearly as may be in accordancewith the procedure applicable to the hearing and determination of an appealfrom any final order passed by a High Court in the exercise of its originalcivil jurisdiction; and all the provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908(5 of 1908), and the Rules of the Court (including provisions as to thefurnishing of security and the execution of any order of the Court) shall, sofar as may be, apply in relation to such appeal.
(2) As soon as anappeal is decided, the Supreme Court shall intimate the substance of thedecision to the Election Commission and the Speaker or Chairman, as the casemay be, of the House of Parliament or of the State Legislature concerned and assoon as may be thereafter shall send to the Election Commission anauthenticated copy of the decision; and upon its receipt, the ElectionCommission shall—
(a) forward copiesthereof to the authorities to which copies of the order of the High Court wereforwarded under section 160; and
(b) cause the decisionto be published in the Gazette or Gazettes in which that order was publishedunder the said section.]]
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