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N.P. Chengalraya Naidu Vs. G.N. Pattabhi Reddi

Court : Andhra Pradesh

Reported in : AIR1964AP164

..... (3) might have been the result of inadvertence or oversight. we do not think that we can attribute either inadvertence or oven-sight to the legislature. indeed in the representation of the people act, 1951, section 83 was one of the sections, the non-compliance with the provisions of which, entailed the dismissal of an election petition under sections 85 and 90 ..... 20, 1962, the tribunal held that the requirement of law laid down by the proviso to section 83 of the act not having been complied with, there was no valid representation of the election petition. in this view, the tribunal dismissed the election petition under section 90(3) of the act.7. it is contended by the learned counsel for the ..... satyanarayana raju, j.1. this is an appeal, under section 116a of the representation of the people act (hereinafter referred to as 'the act') from an order made by the election tribunal, chittoor, dismissing an election petition filed by the appellant.2. in february 1962, general elections .....

D. Muralidhar Reddy Vs. Paga Pulla Reddy and anr.

Court : Andhra Pradesh

Reported in : AIR1964AP530

..... practices to establish the commission of such practices, beyond a reasonable doubt since, allegations as to corrupt practices within the contemplation of section 123 of the representation of the people act are of a quasi-criminal character, very strict proof is necessary to bring home the charge as in a criminal case.52. this principle finds ..... samithi of manopad with the object of influencing those voters all of which constitute corrupt practices within the terms of section 123(1)(b) of the representation of the people act and that he arranged meetings of his election campaign at several places some of which were addressed by the then chief minister, within twenty four ..... respondent, who secured 20,548 valid votes, the margin between the two being only 167.3. the respondent presented a petition under section 81 of the representation of the people act, 1951 challenging lie validity of this election and for a declaration that he was duly elected inter alia on the ground that the appellant got a .....

Jonnala Venkatarami Reddy Vs. Siriveni Basivi Reddy and ors.

Court : Andhra Pradesh

Reported in : 1992(2)ALT203

..... of such election petitions all questions raised are determined with reference to the statutory provisions. the 'rationes deci dendi' of the rules under the representation of the people act cannot in full measure be extended to the trial of election petitions under the co-operative societies act which does not, as already ..... justification for thesecretry of ballot being breached in the petitioner's case.'(paras 13 and 14 at p.643)the position obtaining under the representation of the people act or other enactments concerning elections to municipalities and panchayats bears no acceptable analogy to elections conducted under the co-operative societies act. ..... to invalidate the votes polled in favour of the petitioner herein (returned candidate) is based or. the decisional law concerning election disputes under the representation of the people act. what shri chandrasekhar says although impressive at first sight becomes less so on closer examination. the analogy ought to be pressed into service, .....

Achcha Bhoomanna Vs. the Court of District Munsiff (Election Court) Ad ...

Court : Andhra Pradesh

Reported in : AIR1992AP157; 1991(2)ALT496

..... as a criminal charge and the principle of preponderance of probabilities would not apply to corrupt practices.....'though this is said in cases arising under the representation of the people act, 1951 the same principles govern the questioning of elections under the andhra pradesh gram panchayats act, 1964 and the rules, and more so when ..... election tribunal in that case held that the election of the returned candidate could not be set aside under section 100(1)(d)(iv) of the representation of the people act, 1951 which provides that the election of the returned candidate shall be declared as void ifthe result of the election has been materially affected ' ..... dueto the said impersonation, rigging, etc. healso contends that the language of rule 51 ofthe rules is different from the language ofs. 83 of the representation of the people act,1951. he submits that the 1st respondent wasright in declaring the election of the petitioneras void.12. according to the learned counsel for the petitioner, .....

Baddi Reddy Appanna Dora Vs. Atchamamba Korpu and ors.

Court : Andhra Pradesh

Reported in : AIR2003AP368; 2003(6)ALD165; 2003(4)ALT367

..... is a better and sound method to avoid any defects and irregularities that might arise from the manual system, consequent on the above decision of the supreme court, the representation of the people act, 1951 (for short the 'act') was amended by inserting section 61 (a), by the amending act 1 of 1989 and the amended provision came into force with effect ..... . 19. subsequent to the decision in a. c. jose's case : [1984]3scr74 (supra), the act was amended and section 61 -a of the act was introduced by the representation of the people (amendment), act 1988 (act no. 1 of 1989) with effect from 15-3-1989. section 61-a of the act reads as under :-- '61-a. voting machines at elections .....

Vempalli Srinivasula Reddy Vs. V.M. Ramakrishna Reddy and ors.

Court : Andhra Pradesh

Reported in : 2006(1)ALT160

..... as meaning the entire proceedings before the tribunal from the time when the petition is transferred to it under section 86 until the pronouncement of the award. refer representation of the people act, 1951, section 90. harish chandra bajpal v. triloki singh : [1957]1scr370 .the hearing of a cause, civil or criminal, before a judge ..... provision of any statute. om prakash shivaprakash v. kikuriakose : 2000crilj26 .the true meaning and purpose of the expression 'trial'. heading of chapter 111 of the representation of the peoples' act, 1951, is trial of election petitions' sub-section (1) of section 86 empowers the high court to dismiss an election petition if the same ..... clear that notwithstanding the amendments effected by act 26 of 1956 the word 'trial' in section 90(2) still means the entire proceedings before the tribunal. refer representation of people act, 1951 section 90, mubarak mazdoor v. k.k. banerji : air1958all858 .the term 'trial' cannot be given a fixed meaning to be applied in .....

Dr. Desai Thippa Reddy Vs. B. Naresh Kumar Reddy and Others

Court : Andhra Pradesh

..... some doubtful votes in favour of the returning candidate, is nothing but an allegation of corrupt practices against the returning officer, section 123 of the representation of the people act which deals with the corrupt practice mandates that the corrupt practice must be pleaded specifically, but, in the selection petition the partiality on the ..... constitute any cause of action. thus, the learned counsel tried to impress upon this court that the corrupt practice as required under section 123 of the representation of the people act has to be pleaded specifically. in the instant case, not only the corrupt practice, but the remaining allegations being vague, baseless and frivolous and ..... kumar gogdi versus ahutosh agihotri and another, (2011) 2 scc 532 wherein the supreme court while dealing with non-complaince with the provisions of the representation of the people act, 1951 and conduct of election rules, 1961 by the officers who were in-charge of the conduct of the election and not by the .....

Pyndah Venkatanarayana Vs. G.V. Sudhakar Rao and ors.

Court : Andhra Pradesh

Reported in : AIR1967AP111

..... s. malkonda reddy in that the latter had actively canvassed within the prohibited area of the polling booth contravening the provisions of section 130 of the representation of the people act.(4) the election tribunal in view of the allegations of the parties raised eight issues which are to the following effect:-1.(a) whether the ..... secrecy of voting which is the essence of voting by ballot. these are the several cases which render the ballot papers invalid. the rules regulating proportional representation by a singly transferable vote as embodied in chapters vi and vii do not contemplate any other type of case which per se renders the ballot paper ..... council by the members of the legislative assembly which was held on 25-6-1962. the election to these seats was based on the principle of proportional representation by a single transferable vote. the process involved is elaborate and the task of the returning officer particularly is rather arduous, the principle underling the system being .....

Kondaveti Gurunath Reddy Vs. V. Seshaiah and ors.

Court : Andhra Pradesh

Reported in : AIR1966AP331

basi reddy, j.1. this is an appeal under section 116a of the representation or the people act, 1951 (hereinafter referred to as 'the act') from the order of the election tribunal of andhra pradesh dated january 10, 1964, in election petition no. 81 of 1962, whereby .....

Advocate-general, Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad Vs. V. Ramana Rao

Court : Andhra Pradesh

Reported in : AIR1967AP299; 1967CriLJ1470

..... advocate general for punishing the respondent for contempt of the high court the subordinate judiciary and also the election tribunal constituted under the provisions of the representation of the people act, 1951. the respondent is the editor, printer and publisher of a weekly called 'the andhra herald'. in its issue dated 29-11-1964 ..... doubt. we would therefore prefer not to act on it.(40) the next offending passage relates to the election tribunal which was constituted under the representation of the people act. 1951, to hear and adjudicate upon certain election petitions. one of them was the petition challenging the election of sri kasy brahmananda reddi (cheif ..... .in virindar kumar v. state of punjab, : 1956crilj326 , the supreme court had to consider whether a returning officer acting under section 36 of the representation of the people act, can be regarded as a 'court'. in that connection, their lordships of the supreme court compared the nature and functions of an election tribunal .....