Orissa Court August 1962 Judgments

Sri Raj Raj Deb Vs. Sri Gangadhar Mohapatra and ors.

Court: Orissa

Reported in: AIR1964Ori1; 1964CriLJ57

Narasimham, C.J.1. This is an appeal from the decision of the Election Tribunal, Puri, declaring void the election of the appellant to the Orissa Legislative Assembly on the ground that he committed corrupt practices and further disqualifying him from standing as a candidate for election either to the Parliament or the State Legislative Assembly for a period of six years.2. During the mid-term elections to the Orissa Legislative Assembly held on the 6th June, 1961, the appellant and three other candidates namely Sri Gangadhar Moha-patra (respondent No. 1 in this appeal and petitioner before the Tribunal) hereinafter referred to as the petitioner, Sri Biswanath Parida (respondent No. 2 in this appeal) and Sri Balakrushna Das (respondent No. 3 in this appeal) stood as candidates for Satyabadi constituency in the district of Puri. The results of the poll were declared by the Returning Officer on the 10th June 1961.In the first counting the results of the poll were asdeclared as follows :G...