Title : Retirement from Contest at Elections in Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies [Repealed]
State : Central
Year : 1951
1[55A. Retirement from contest at elections in Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies.- [Rep. by the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 1958 (58 of 1958), Section 22]. ______________________ 1. Inserted by Act 27 of 1956, Section 34, for "appropriate authority". View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Adjournment of Poll in Emergencies
State : Central
Year : 1951
(1) If at an election the proceedings at any polling station provided under section 25 or at the place fixed under sub-section (1) of section 29 for the poll are interrupted or obstructed by any riot or open violence, or if at an election it is not possible to take the poll at any polling station or such place on account of any natural calamity, or any other sufficient cause the presiding officer for such polling station or the returning officer presiding over such place, as the case may be, shall announce an adjournment of the poll to a date to be notified later, and where the poll is so adjourned by a presiding officer, he shall forthwith inform the returning officer concerned. (2) Whenever a poll is adjourned under sub-section (1), the returning officer shall immediately report the..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Special Prodecure for Voting by Certain Classes of Persons
State : Central
Year : 1951
1[60. Special prodecure for voting by certain classes of persons. - Without prejudice to the generality of the provisions contained in section. 59, provision may be made, by rules made under this Act, for enabling-- (a) any of the persons as is referred to in clause (a) or clause (b) of sub-section (8) of section 20 of the Representation of the People Act, 1950 (43 of 1950)(hereafter in this section referred to as the 1950-Act) to give his vote either in person or by postal ballot or by proxy, and not in any other manner, at an election in a constituency where poll is taken; (b) any of the following persons to give his vote either in person or by postal ballot, and not in any other manner, at an election in a constituency where a poll is taken, namely:-- (i) any person as is..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Equality of Votes
State : Central
Year : 1951
If, after the counting of the votes is completed, an equality of votes is found to exist between any candidates, and the addition of one vote will entitle any of those candidates to be declared elected, the returning officer shall forthwith decide between those candidates by lot, and proceed as if the candidate on whom the lot falls had received an additional vote. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Report of the Result
State : Central
Year : 1951
As soon as may be after the result of an election has been declared, the returning officer shall report the result to the appropriate authority and the Election Commission, and in the case of an election to a House of Parliament or of the Legislature of a State also to the Secretary of that House, and the appropriate authority shall cause to be published in the Official Gazette the declarations containing the names of the elected candidates. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Election Petitions
State : Central
Year : 1951
No election shall be called in question except by an election petition presented in accordance with the provisions of this Part. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Documentary Evidence
State : Central
Year : 1951
Notwithstanding anything in any enactment to the contrary, no document shall be inadmissible in evidence at the trial of an election petition on the ground that it is not duly stamped or registered. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Procedure for Withdrawal of Election Petition
State : Central
Year : 1951
(1) If there are more petitioners than one, no application to withdraw an election petition shall be made except with the consent of all the petitioners. (2) No application for withdrawal shall be granted if, in the opinion of the High Court, such application has been induced by any bargain or consideration which ought not to be allowed. (3) If the application is granted-- (a) the petitioner shall be ordered to pay the costs of the respondents there to fore incurred or such portion thereof as the High Court may think fit; (b) the High Court shall direct that the notice of withdrawal shall be published in the Official Gazette and in such other manner as it may specify and thereupon the notice shall be published accordingly; (c) a person who might himself have been a petitioner..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Stay of Operation of Order of High Court
State : Central
Year : 1951
(1) An application may be made to the HighCourt for stay of operation of an order made by the High Court under section 98or sections 99 before the expiration of the time allowed for appealing therefromand the High Court may, on sufficient cause being shown and on such terms andconditions as it may think fit, stay the operation of the order; but noapplication for stay shall be made to the High Court after an appeal has beenpreferred to the Supreme Court. (2) Where anappeal has been preferred against an order made under section 98 or section 99,the Supreme Court may, on sufficient cause being shown and on such terms andconditions as it may think fit, stay the operation of the order appealed from. (3) When theoperation of an order is stayed by the High Court or, as the case may be,..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Security for Costs from a Respondent
State : Central
Year : 1951
No person shall be entitled to be joined as a respondent under sub-section (4) of section 86 unless he has given such security for costs as the High Court may direct. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this section