Court : Guwahati
Decided on : Sep-16-1994
..... that he does not know that he is not qualified for membership of the assam legislative assembly under article 173(c) read with section 5(a) of the representation of the people act, 1951 having been chosen from a constituency reserved for scheduled caste. (iii)the state government should initiate forthwith criminal proceedings under the relevant provisions of the indian penal code, ..... assembly, was returned from 35-abhayapuri assam legislative constituency. this 35-abhayapuri assam legislative constituency is reserved constituency for scheduled caste. the petitioner submitted his nomination paper as a candidate of indian national congress (i) before the returning officer, north salmara, abhayapuri sub-division. the nomination paper was scrutinised and the returning officer found it in order. during the scrutiny of the ..... scope and ambit of article 324 of the constitution? the constitution of our country ushered in a demoratic republic for the free people of india. the founders of the constitution took solemn care to devote a special chapter to elections niched safely in part xv of the constitution. originally there were only six articles in this part opening with ..... article 324. the penultimate article in the chapter, as it stands, is article 329 which puts a ban on interference by courts in electoral matters. we are not concerned in this appeal with the newly added .....
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