Academic disqualification

Returning Officer had no jurisdiction to hold that bar contained in Art.62(1)(f) of the Constitution was applicable to respondent

Jurisdiction of Election Tribunal was co-extensive with that of Returning Officer, but neither greater nor more extensive than his

Election Tribunal being a statutory appellate forum having limited jurisdiction under and for purposes of S.14(5) of Representation of the People Act, 1976 was not a "Court of law" within meaning of Art.62(1)(f) of the Constitution, thus, bar contained therein could not be invoked against respondent in proceedings before Tribunal in absence of declaration to contrary by a court of law in relation to him

Tribunal dismissed appeal in circumstances

Principles.