Title : Election to More Than One Seat in Either House of Parliament or in the House or Either House of the Legislature of a State
State : Central
Year : 1951
If a person is elected to more than one seat in either House of Parliament or in the House or either House of the Legislature of a State, then, unless within the prescribed time he resigns all but one of the seats1[by writing under his hand addressed to the Speaker or Chairman, as the case may be, or to such other authority or officer as may be prescribed], all the seats shall become vacant. ______________________ 1. Substituted by Act 27 of 1956, Section 41, for sections 71 to 75. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Publication of Results of Elections to the Council of States and of Names of Persons Nominated by the President
State : Central
Year : 1951
1[71. Publication of results of elections to the Council of States and of names of persons nominated by the President. - After the elections held in any year in pursuance of the notifications issued under section 12, there shall be notified by the appropriate authority in the Official Gazette the names of members elected by the elected members of the Legislative Assemblies of the Stales and by the members of the electoral colleges for the various2[Union territories] at the said elections together with the names of any persons nominated by the President to the Council of States under sub-clause (a) of clause (1) of article 80 or under any other provisions. ______________________ 1. Substituted by act 27 of 1956, Section 41, for sections 71 to 75. 2. Substituted by the Adaptation..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Publication of Results of Elections for the Reconstitution of Electoral Colleges for Certain Union Territories [Repealed]
State : Central
Year : 1951
[Rep. by the Territorial Councils Act, 1956 (103 of 1956), Section 66]. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Publication of Results of Elections to the State Legislative Councils and of Names of Persons Nominated to Such Councils
State : Central
Year : 1951
After the elections held1[in pursuance of the notifications issued under section 15A or] in any year in pursuance of the notifications issued under section 16, there shall be notified by the appropriate authority in the Official Gazette the names of the members elected for the various Council constituencies and by the members of the Legislative Assembly of the State at the said elections together with the names of any persons nominated by the Governor2[* * *] under sub-clause (e) of clause (3) of article 171.] ______________________ 1. Inserted by Act 37 of 1957, Section 13. 2. The words "or Rajpramukhk, as the case may be" omitted by the Adaptation of Laws (No.2) Order. 1956. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Free Supply of Certain Material to Candidates of Recognised Political Parties
State : Central
Year : 1951
1 PART VA FREE SUPPLY OF CERTAIN MATERIAL TO CANDIDATES OF RECOGNISED POLITICAL PARTIES _______________________ 1. Inserted by Election and Other Related Laws (Amendment) Act 2003, (46 of 2003) View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : High Court to Try Election Petitions
State : Central
Year : 1951
1[80A. High Court to try election petitions.- (1) The Court having jurisdiction to try an election petition shall be the High Court. (2) Such jurisdiction shall be exercised ordinarily by a single Judge of the High Court and the Chief Justice, shall, from time to time, assign one or more Judges for that purpose: Provided that where the High Court consists only of one Judge, he shall try all election petitions presented to that Court. (3) The High Court in its discretion may, in the interests of justice or convenience, try an election petition, wholly or partly, at a place other than the place of seat of the High Court.] ______________________ 1. Inserted by Act 47 of 1966, Section 38 w.e.f. 14-12-1966. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Parties of the Petition
State : Central
Year : 1951
1[82. Parties of the petition.- A petitioner shall join as respondents to his petition- (a) where the petitioner, in addition to claiming declaration that the election of all or any of the returned candidates is void, claims a further declaration that he himself or any other candidate has been duly elected, all the contesting candidates other than the petitioner and where no such further declaration is claimed, all the returned candidates; and (b) any other candidate against whom allegations of any corrupt practice are made in the petition.] ______________________ 1. Substituted by Act 27 of 1956, Section 45, for section 82. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Contents of Petition
State : Central
Year : 1951
1 [83. Contents of petition.- (1) An election petition- (a) shallcontain a concise statement of the material facts on which the petitionerrelies; (b)shall set forth full particulars of any corrupt practice that the petitioneralleged including as full a statement as possible of the names of the partiesalleged to have committed such corrupt practice and the date and place of thecommission of each such practice; and (c)shall be signed by the petitioner and verified in the manner laid down in theCode of Civil Procedure, 1908 (5 of 1908) for the verification of pleadings: 2 [Providedthat where the petitioner alleges any corrupt practice, the petition shall alsobe accompanied by an affidavit in the prescribed form in support of theallegation of such corrupt practice and the..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Relief That May Be Claimed by the Petitioner
State : Central
Year : 1951
1[84. Relief that may be claimed by the petitioner.- A petitioner may, in addition to claiming a declaration that the election of all or any of the returned candidates is void, claim a further declaration that he himself or any other candidate has been duly elected.] ______________________ 1. Substituted by Act 27 of 1956, Section 47, for section 84. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Trial of Election Petitions
State : Central
Year : 1951
1[86. Trial of election petitions. - (1) The High Court shall dismiss an election petition which does not comply with the provisions of section 81 or section 82 or section 117. Explanation. - An order of the High Court dismissing an election petition under this sub-section shall be deemed to be an order made under clause (a) of section 98. (2) As soon as may be after an election petition has been presented to the High Court, it shall be referred to the Judge or one of the Judges who has or have been assigned by the Chief Justice for the trial of election petitions under sub-section (2) of section 80A. (3) Where more election petitions than one are presented to the High Court in respect of the same election, all of them shall be referred for trial to the same Judge who may, in..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this section