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Mohammed Sultan & Anr vs.election Commission of India & Anr

Court : Delhi

..... of election in question by various candidates and these would come within the purview of corrupt practices as contemplated under part vii chapter i of the representation of the people act, 1951 and would also be an electoral offence within the meaning of the aforesaid statutory provision.3. that being the position, the remedy available ..... to issue a writ of mandamus or any appropriate writ, order or directions to direct the election commission of india to enquire the irregularities revealed in the representation and take erring candidates/members of the political parties. appropriate actions against the b. to pass such other order(s) as it may deem fit and ..... in which the election campaign preceded and it is indicated that the same amounts to violation of the model code of conduct inter alia contending that various representations pointing out these illegalities have not been addressed in the right perspective or not even considered, this petition has been filed in public interest and the .....

Mohinder Singh Gill and anr. Vs. Chief Election Commissioner and ors.

Court : Delhi

Reported in : ILR1977Delhi265

..... questioning the rejection of a nomination paper is 'questioning the election' within the meaning of article 329(b) of the constitution and sec. 80 of the representation of the people act, 1951.' it was also held :'where a right or liability is created by a statute which gives a special remedy for enforcing it, the ..... of n. p. ponnuswami (supra) observed as under: '.........inview of the provision of article 329(b) of the constitution and sec. 80 of the representation of the people act, 1951, the high court had no jurisdiction to interfere with the order of the returning officer.the word 'election' has by long usage in connection ..... elections. articles 327 and 328 deal with the first of these requisites, article 324 with the second and article 329 with the third requisite.................... ............. the representation of the people act, 1951, which was passed by parliament under article 327 of the constitution, makes detailed provisions in regard to all matters and all stages connected .....

Dr. Anita Babbar Vs. Sh. O.P. Babbar and ors.

Court : Delhi

..... the petition and the person(s) accompanying or identifying him at the time of presentation. this practice is also contrary to the provisions of section 81 of the representation of peoples act, 1951. both these points came up for judicial scrutiny in the case of harcharan singh josh vs. hari kishan, ep 6/95 decided on 26.5. ..... for the purpose of rectifying the defects/objections pointed out by the registry and then refilling the same. such a practice is contrary to the provisions of the representation of peoples act and election rules framed by the high court. the endorsement made in the registry simultaneously with the filing of election petition is in the form of ..... no pagination. on perusal of the photographs it is found that no verification is done as attested true copies as provided u/s 81(3) of the representation of people act 1951. the petitioner has also failed to supply the alleged photographs of 20 scooters. the copy supplied of the alleged photographs under signatures are of 10 .....

Commander V.S. Batra Vs. Chief of the Naval Staff, Naval Headquarters( ...

Court : Delhi

Reported in : 1998VAD(Delhi)91; 74(1998)DLT810; 1998(47)DRJ130

..... the election commission to the conclusion. this court found no reason to attribute a restricted meaning to the word 'trial' in section 98 of the representation of the people act, 1951. in the light of the above discussion, we hold that the trial commences the moment gcm assemble to consider the charge and ..... . triloki singh, : [1957]1scr370 , wherein the question was: as to when the trial begins in an election dispute under the provisions of the representation of the people act, 1951? the respondents had filed election petitions against the appellant under section 81 of that act alleging that the appellant had committed number of corrupt ..... decide the preliminary question of limitation before proceeding with matter on merits. while disposing of this question this writ petition will also form part of his representation along with the statutory appeal filed by the petitioner. the trial judge advocate will take these into consideration while disposing preliminary issue of limitation. he .....

Manohar Lal Sharma Vs. Union of India

Court : Delhi

..... vice-president; the election commission. 13.we may also notice here certain acts passed under this entry, which are as follows: a) the representation of the people act, 1950; b) the representation of the people act, 1951; c) the delimitation act, 1972; d) the presidential and vice-presidential elections act, 1952; and e) some portions of ..... an elector."4. validation.-- notwithstanding anything contained in any judgment, decree or order of any court, tribunal or other authority, the provisions of the representation of the people act, 1951 (43 of 1951), as amended by this act, shall have and shall be deemed always to have effect for all purposes as ..... justice hon'ble mr. justice manmohan judgment n.v. ramana, chief justice:1. the present writ petition has been filed challenging the constitutional validity of the representation of the people (amendment and validation) act, 2013 (for short, impugned amendment and validation act, 2013) as being ultra vires the constitution of india (for short, the .....

Association for Democratic Reforms Vs. Union of India (Uoi) and anr.

Court : Delhi

Reported in : AIR2001Delhi126; 2000(57)DRJ82

..... candidates for elections to parliament and state legislatures are now required to file affidavits about their convictions in cases covered by section 8 of the representation of the people act, 1951, which disqualifies persons convicted of those specified offences. the commission also clarified that the conviction by the trial court itself is ..... much discussed concerns regarding the anti-social and criminal elements making inroads into the electoral and political fields and the need to amend the representation of the people act, 1951. the following excerpts from the publication turn the spot light towards the growing nexus between the political parties and anti social elements ..... print and electronic media for wide dissemination.'3. besides, the petitioner seeks a direction to the first respondent to amend the provisions of the representation of the people act, 1951, in consonance with the recommendations of the law commission contained in its 170th report. at this stage it will be convenient .....

i.K. Gujral Vs. Election Commission of India and ors.

Court : Delhi

Reported in : 50(1993)DLT458

..... for elections to various constituencies as well as separate notification for a particular constituency as the circumstances warrant. it is settled law that under the representation of people act there is no concept of election to the legislature as a whole but in substance it is an election from each constituency.(42) in ..... again emphasised on this argument. other counsel in other writ petitions endorsed the arguments of mr. bansal and mr. shantibhushan.(11) since the virus of the representation of peoples act, 1951 were also challenged in the writ petition of mr. gujral. notice was given to the attorney general. since attorney general was representing the election ..... thereforee, the commission, in exercise of the powers conferred by article 324 of the constitution of india, sections 58,58a, 135a and 153 of the representation of peoples act, 1951,and all other powers enabling it in this behalf, hereby countermand the aforesaid election.the election commission also directs that a copy of this .....

Rashtriya Mukti Morcha, Through Its President, Ravinder Kumar Vs. Unio ...

Court : Delhi

Reported in : 137(2007)DLT195

..... of article 5 of the constitution of india. it was also contended that constitution was established in 1950 and both the acts i.e. representation of people act, 1950 and representation of people act, 1951 were also enacted thereafter. to elaborate his arguments mr. lekhi contended that if foreign born citizen could not contest election to ..... or ireland.... 36. it was next contended that the word 'citizen' which occurs in the constitution in 1950 was adopted in the representation of people act, 1950 and representation of people act, 1951 and that has to be read in its contextual meaning with article 5 of the constitution of india as classes of citizen ..... period and will override the provisions of article 11 and other statutes concerning citizenship, secondly whether article 11 of the constitution and provisions contained in representation of people acts and citizenship act have to be read in conjunction with article 5 of the constitution, thirdly, whether article 5 of the constitution is the .....

K.K. Shukla Vs. Vijay Kumar Goel and ors.

Court : Delhi

Reported in : 64(1996)DLT56

..... petition the issue that arises for consideration of the court is as to whether the election petition was properly presented in accordance with the provisions of representation of the people act and the election rules framed by the high court and if not what would be the effect of the non-compliance on election petition. ..... j. (1) this election petition has been preferred by the petitioner under section 80 of the representation of the people act, 1951 (hereinafter referred to as the act) challenging the election of respondent no. i to the house of the people from the sadar lok sabha constituency on various grounds including that of the allegations of corrupt practice. ..... withdrawing the candidature from the election fray. 27th april, 1996 was fixed for holding the election for the purpose of electing a member to the house of people from the sadar lok sabha constituency. (4) the petitioner was an official candidate of janata dal (r) and he filed his nomination papers for contesting the .....

Manoj Kumar Shokeen Vs. Raghuvinder Shokeen

Court : Delhi

..... respondent no.1 for dismissal of the election petition) in election petition no. 1/2015 1. this application has been filed by the respondent under section 86 of the representation of the people act, 1951 (hereinafter referred to as the act ) for dismissing the election petition. theelection petition has been filed by the petitioner sh. manoj kumar shokeen praying for issuing of ..... procedure for the verification of pleadings. the petition is accompanied by an affidavit in form 25 as required by proviso to sub-section (1) of section 83 of the representation of the people act, 1951 (hereinafter, 'the act') and rule 94-a of the conduct of election rules, 1961 (hereinafter, 'the rules'). the affidavit so filed has been sworn before a commissioner .....