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M. Samayamuthu Vs. the Secretary to the Government, Government of Tami ...

Court : Chennai

Reported in : (2009)1MLJ289

..... through publishing and circulating leaflets. section 123(5) and 124(5) of the representation of the people act 1951, were challenged as ultra vires article 19(1)(a) of the constitution, submitting that the provisions of the representation of the people act interfered with a citizen's fundamental right to freedom of speech. repelling the contention ..... guaranteed by the constitution. part ix of the constitution confers certain powers on local self-government. it promises duration of five years, free and fair election, representation of scheduled castes and scheduled tribes in the administration of institutions of local self-government, no interference by other organs of the state, including judiciary, etc. ..... offices are entrusted with certain powers to be exercised in public interest alone and, therefore, the office is held by them in trust for the people. any deviation from the path of rectitude by any of them amounts to a breach of trust and must be severely dealt with instead of being .....

C. Kuppusamy Vs. Chief Election Commissioner, Election Commission of I ...

Court : Chennai

Reported in : 2007CriLJ3483; (2007)5MLJ67

..... of oath; that this respondent has not taken oath beyond two constituencies and an invalid nomination is not a nomination within the meaning of the representation of people act, 1951.17. the 7th respondent would further narrate a precedent wherein a candidate, who contested from the amethi parliamentary constituency in uttar pradesh, ..... the general election from more than two constituencies, she would prima facie appear to have violated the provisions of section 33(7) of the representation of the people act, 1951, for making false declaration before the returning officers of 66-bhuvanagiri and 191-pudukkottai assembly constituencies when she filed her nomination papers ..... filed her nomination papers in four assembly constituencies viz. andipatti, dharmapuri, bhuvanagiri and pudukkottai, in contravention of section 33(7)(b) of the representation of the people act, 1951, and had given declarations that she had not been or would not be nominated as a candidate for more than two constituencies, .....

Petitioner Vs. Respondent

Court : Chennai

..... relevant prescribed register before the district electoral officer, chennai district viz., the commissioner of corporation of chennai, under rule 88 of the rules under representation of people act. 7. the learned senior counsel for the applicant/1st respondent projects an argument that as far as the election expenditure of the election petitioner ..... senior counsel for the applicant/1st respondent submits that the 1st respondent/election petitioner has taken a new stand with reference to 10a of the representation of the people act, 1951 11. the learned senior counsel for the applicant/1st respondent refers to the handbook for candidates of election commission of india, 2009 ..... 1 of 2011) had stated that the he had submitted his accounts to the authorities concerned well within the time limit prescribed under the representation of the people act and obtain the necessary approval by the concerned authority etc. 18. the learned senior counsel for the 1st respondent/election petitioner brings it .....

M.Jayanthi Vs. Election Commission of India

Court : Chennai

..... a question as to whether a nomination paper filed by an applicant to enable him to contest an election in terms of the provisions of the representation of the people act, 1951 on the premise that the names of the proposers were forged. the appellant therein filed his nomination paper before the returning officer. the ..... of the returning officer or any other officer specified in the rules. the returning officer rejected the nomination papers.4. section 33(1) of the representation of the people act, 1951, requires that each candidate shall deliver to the returning officer a nomination paper completed in the prescribed from an signed by the candidate and ..... obtain the required attestation amount to a technical defect of an unsubstantial character which the returning officer was bound to disregard under section 36(4) of the representation of the people act, 1951. the answer has been given in paragraph 14 of the said judgement which is usefully extracted here under: "14. that sub-section is .....

Pon Paramaguru, Director General of Police (Retd.) Vs. State of Tamil ...

Court : Chennai

Reported in : 2006(2)CTC241; (2006)3MLJ129

..... elections, is carried out by the designated officers of the state governments concerned. it is felt that the provisions of the representation of the people act, 1950 and the representation of the people act, 1951, in this regard should be clearly defined so that during the relevant period, these officers would, while discharging functions ..... is also to be noted that in the counter affidavit of the election commission reference has been made to section 13cc of the representation of the people act, 1950.21. the representation of the people act, 1950, hereinafter referred to as r.p.act, 1950, is an act to, inter alia, provide for the ..... various powers relating to control of the election commission over any particular civil servant are covered by various provisions contained in the representation of the people act, 1950 and the representation of the people act, 1951 and other statutory rules and the election commission can exercise its authority only within the parameters of such provisions .....

G. Ramasundaram and ors. Vs. the Inspector of Panchayats (District Col ...

Court : Chennai

Reported in : (1968)1MLJ318

..... of, or comprise, the village or town or any portion of the said village or town have beer, published, revised or amended in pursuance of the representation of the people act (xliii of 1950) any person authorised by the prescribed authority in this behalf shall publish in such manner as the government may direct, the portions ..... decisions requiring guidance of the legislature, being left to the executive under the impugned rules 11 and 13.9. learned counsel refers to provisions of the representation of people acts (xliii of 1950 and xliii of 1951), and points out that these acts specifically provided not only for the secrecy of ballot but also for ..... provided inter alia for the governor-general to make rules with respect to the conduct of elections including the application to elections of the principle of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote, and rules to regulate election, where certain of the seats to be filled are reserved for members of the scheduled .....

Kamaraj Nadar Vs. A. Kunju thevar and ors.

Court : Chennai

Reported in : (1958)1MLJ139

..... the sattur constituency in the district of ramanathapuram. this is a single member constituency and 29th january, 1957, was fixed under section 30(a) of the representation of the people act for the filing of nominations. seven candidates duly filed their nominations. the date fixed for scrutiny under section 30(b) was 1st february, 1957 ..... each polling station provided under section 25 or at the place fixed under sub-section (1) of section 29 for the poll. rule 13 of the representation of the people (conduct of election and election petitions) rules, 1956, contains the prescription referred to in section 46. it runs:13. appointment of polling agents.--(:) the ..... contest the election. the poll had been fixed for being taken on 6th march, 1957. under the procedure which prevailed before the amendments introduced by the representation of the people (second amendment) act (xxvii of 1956), all these five who had not withdrawn their nominations would have gone to the polls. a change was however .....

T.K.S. Elangovan and Others Vs. The State of Tamil Nadu rep. by its Ch ...

Court : Chennai

..... from 4.3.2016 and the notification having been issued by the governor of tamil nadu on 22.4.2016 under section 15 of the representation of the people act, 1951. 2.4. the petitioners claim that the commission is sought to be packed by party loyalists having no eminence and not ..... the selection as invalid and not in accordance with the constitution. (c) the chairperson should be beyond reproach and his appointment should inspire confidence among the people. (d) the quality of person can be ascertained only through the meaningful deliberative process by taking into account the constitutional functions and institutional requirement necessary for ..... position was emphasized requiring the need for a thorough and meticulous scrutiny regarding the antecedents. absolute transparency was thus the benchmark making it imperative that only people of high integrity, merit, rectitude and honesty are appointed to the constitutional positions. 16.9. in upendra narayan singh case, supra, the supreme court .....

Deva Asir Vs. The Secretary to Government, School Education Department ...

Court : Chennai Madurai

..... such condition as may be prescribed. (3) before withholding the grant under sub-section (2), the government shall give the educational agency an opportunity of making its representation. 11. payment of grants - (1) recognised private schools may be paid grants from state funds directly or through panchayat unions. such payment of grants shall ..... in respect of the teaching as well as the non-teaching posts, it would result in serious prejudice and damage to the educational interest of the downtrodden people, who only enter the portals of theses aided schools. ban on recruitment : 9.1. the government issued g.o.ms.no.212, personnel and administrative ..... scheduled castes, scheduled tribes and other weaker sections. - the state shall promote with special care the educational and economic interests of the weaker sections of the people, and, in particular, of the scheduled castes and the scheduled tribes, and shall protect them from social injustice and all forms of exploitation. it is true .....

1.B.Rajendran Vs. 1. State Rep. by Principal Secretary to Government2. ...

Court : Chennai

..... superannuation on 31.10.2001. after 11 years of retirement, he is stated to have sought re-employment as senior accounts officer through a representation dated 03.05.2012. the said representation was returned with some queries by the second respondent. therefore, the government have claimed in paragraph 5 of their counter affidavit to the writ ..... we have stated earlier, the second respondent himself was promoted as commissioner only on 27.09.2012. mr.b.rajendran, the writ petitioner had made a representation on 03.05.2012, seeking re-employment, much before the promotion of the second respondent as commissioner. the mere fact that the second respondent raised certain queries ..... state government of tamilnadu vs. k.vijayakumar 2006 (3) lw133that in each case of extension or re-employment, it is not only the next man, but several people in the hierarchical strata, who miss the opportunity. therefore, we hold that the writ petition filed by r.sudarshan, joint commissioner in w.p(md)no.3105 of .....