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Aug 24 2017 (HC)

Satya Narayan Prasad vs.union of India & Ors

Court : Delhi

..... in writ petition (civil) no.1222 of 2017 and to say that articles 102 and 191 of the constitution of india and part ii and chapter iii of the representation of the people act, 1951 contain detailed provisions for disqualification for membership of parliament and state legislatures. a perusal of teh said provisions would make it clear that the existing constitutional and ..... , that of a member of the legislative assembly and also of mayor of a municipal corporation. in our opinion, this is a matter of policy for the elected representatives of people to decide and no direction in this regard can be issued by the court. that apart this court cannot issue any direction to the legislature to make any particular kind .....

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Feb 06 2014 (HC)

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 .....

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Sep 13 1996 (HC)

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 .....

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Aug 22 1984 (HC)

V.P. Dhingra Vs. Nihal Singh, Etc.

Court : Delhi

Reported in : AIR1985Delhi8; ILR1985Delhi482

..... of the use of the expression 'at the election' used in section 15(3) of the act. (10) the present language of section 82 of the representation of the people act, 1951 requires the joining in the petition as respondents three categories of candidates. it requires the joining of 'all the contesting candidates other than the petitioner ..... become a respondent. reliance is placed on 'jagan nath v. jaswant singh' (supra) wherein their lordship of the supreme court considered the provisions of the representation of people act, 1951 as to the impleading of the parties provided in section 82 and it was ruled that the defect could .be subsequently cured by the tribunal ..... . it was a case in which the question of interpretation of the expression 'candidates' who are duly nominated at the election as used in section 82 of the representation of the people act, 1951, before its amendment by the amending act, 1956 came up for consideration. it was held : 'now,the expression used by the legislature is not .....

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Apr 27 2015 (HC)

Onika Mehrotra and Ors. Vs. Govt. of Nct of Delhi and Ors.

Court : Delhi

..... 2) the legislature of a state may, by law, provide (a) for the representation in a municipality of (i) persons having special knowledge or experience in municipal administration; (ii) the members of the house of the people and the members of the legislative assembly of the state representing constituencies which comprise wholly ..... in the municipal area; the state legislature does not have any leeway in this regard. but, the state legislature may, by law, provide for representation in a municipality of other persons as specified under article 243r(2) of the constitution of india including persons having special knowledge or experience in municipal ..... larger. whereas the municipal corporations are to be composed by persons directly elected from the territorial constituencies, the state legislatures could make laws for further representation by persons having special knowledge or experience in municipal administration. however such persons, by virtue of the proviso to article 243r(2)(a) of the .....

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Apr 27 2015 (HC)

Surender Solanki and Ors. Vs. Govt. of Nct of Delhi and Anr.

Court : Delhi

..... 2) the legislature of a state may, by law, provide (a) for the representation in a municipality of (i) persons having special knowledge or experience in municipal administration; (ii) the members of the house of the people and the members of the legislative assembly of the state representing constituencies which comprise wholly ..... in the municipal area; the state legislature does not have any leeway in this regard. but, the state legislature may, by law, provide for representation in a municipality of other persons as specified under article 243r(2) of the constitution of india including persons having special knowledge or experience in municipal ..... larger. whereas the municipal corporations are to be composed by persons directly elected from the territorial constituencies, the state legislatures could make laws for further representation by persons having special knowledge or experience in municipal administration. however such persons, by virtue of the proviso to article 243r(2)(a) of the .....

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Apr 27 2015 (HC)

Narender Jain and Ors. Vs. Govt. of Nct of Delhi and Anr.

Court : Delhi

..... 2) the legislature of a state may, by law, provide (a) for the representation in a municipality of (i) persons having special knowledge or experience in municipal administration; (ii) the members of the house of the people and the members of the legislative assembly of the state representing constituencies which comprise wholly ..... in the municipal area; the state legislature does not have any leeway in this regard. but, the state legislature may, by law, provide for representation in a municipality of other persons as specified under article 243r(2) of the constitution of india including persons having special knowledge or experience in municipal ..... larger. whereas the municipal corporations are to be composed by persons directly elected from the territorial constituencies, the state legislatures could make laws for further representation by persons having special knowledge or experience in municipal administration. however such persons, by virtue of the proviso to article 243r(2)(a) of the .....

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Mar 14 2014 (HC)

Mohd. Nafees Vs. Mohd. Imran Ismail

Court : Delhi

..... and delhi municipal corporation (election of councilors) rules, the alleged concealment/suppression of any information of this kind has not been prescribed as an offence. however, section 125a of representation of peoples act, by which election of state assembly and parliament are governed, provides penalty for filing false affidavit, etc. but such a provision is not there in delhi municipal corporation act .....

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Feb 10 1978 (HC)

Bharat Bhushan Vs. Ved Prakash

Court : Delhi

Reported in : AIR1978Delhi199

..... dated 5th june 1977, that clerical mistake was rectified and polling station no. 15 was deleted from rohtas nagar-33 constituency. section 23(3) of the representation of the people act, 1950 contains a prohibition for amendment, transposition or deletion of any entry in the electoral roll of a constituency after the last date for making ..... copy the other candidates are only put to notice to check up whether that candidate is subject to a disqualification mentioned in s. 16 of the representation of the people act, 1950, otherwise the, certified copy of an entry in the electoral roll has been made conclusive evidence of the fact that the person referred ..... are stated to have been illegally excluded from constituency no. 33, in non-compliance or in contravention of the provisions of the constitution, the act, the representation of the people act, 1950 and the rules made there under. it is also pleaded that by this inclusion and exclusion the electoral roll which related to constituency no. 33 .....

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Apr 25 1977 (HC)

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 .....

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