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Aug 13 1976 (HC)

Vithalrao Udhaorao Uttarwar and ors. Vs. the State of Maharashtra

Court : Mumbai

Reported in : AIR1977Bom99

..... the back door of a 'basic structure' of the constitution.'the learned chandrachud j. in paragraph 692 observed :'... ... ... ... the argument regardingthe invalidity of the representation of the people (amendment) act, 58 of 1974 and of the election laws (amendment) act, 1975, has however, no substance. the constitutional amendments may, on the ratio of ..... made reference to the controversy in the election case : [1976]2scr347 before the supreme court which included the challenge to amendments effected to the representation of the people act and election laws(amendment) acts. one of the attacks to these amendments expressly negatived by the supreme court rested on the basic structure or ..... was to article 329(a4) and (a5) inserted by that amendment. along with those amendments it is useful at this stage to state that the representation of the people (amendment) act (act no 58 of 1974) and election laws amendment act (act no. 40 of 1975) which was placed under the constitutional umbrella .....

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Sep 27 1993 (HC)

Procter and Gamble India Limited and anr. Vs. the Municipal Corporatio ...

Court : Mumbai

Reported in : 1994(3)BomCR403

..... as to what amounts to 'express exclusion' of the provisions of sections 4 to 24 of the limitation act, 1963 while dealing with the question arising under the representation of people act, 1951 where the election petition was filed belatedly. para 17 of the judgment at page 489 reads as under :-'17. though section 29(2) of the ..... section 29(2) of the limitation act. in our opinion however the limitation act cannot apply to proceedings like an election petition in as much as the representation of the people act is a complete and self-contained code which does not admit of the introduction of the principles of the provisions of law contained in the indian limitation ..... despite the provisions of section 29(2) of the limitation act, the said act cannot apply to the proceedings under the election law in as much as the representation of people act was a complete code which did not admit the introduction of the principles of the provisions of law contained in the indian limitation act.32. in the .....

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Mar 11 2016 (HC)

Anil (Vidyarthi) and Another Vs. State of Maharashtra Represented by t ...

Court : Mumbai

..... upon a constituency to elect a member or members right up to the final resolution of the dispute, if any, concerning the election is regulated by the representation of the people act, 1951, different stages of the process being dealt with by different provisions of the act. there can be no election to parliament or the state ..... petition presented to such authority and in such manner as may be provided for in a law made by the appropriate legislature. the parliament has by enacting the representation of people act, 1951 provided for such a forum for questioning such elections hence, under article 329(b) no forum other than such forum constituted under the r. ..... which the first respondent was legally entitled to would not be a ground of challenge available to him in the election petition under section 100 of the representation of the people act, 1951 therefore the high court is justified in entertaining the petition. we do not think this argument of learned counsel is correct because as has .....

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Oct 18 2012 (TRI)

Tata Global Beverages Limited, West Bengal Vs. Hindustan Unilever Limi ...

Court : Intellectual Property Appellate Board IPAB

..... (paragraph 24 of the judgment), the court could not exercise dispensing powers to waive non-compliance. the court relied upon sections 31, 83(l)(c) and 86 of the representation of the people act, 1951 read with rule 94- a of the rules there under to hold that non-compliance of the said provisions would leave the court with no option except ..... claims of the complete specification no.184038 are not invention within the meaning of the act? (vii)whether the petitioner proves that the patent was obtained on false suggestion or representation as alleged? (viii)whether the petitioner proves that the 1st respondent has failed to disclose to the controller the information required by section 8 or has furnished information, which in .....

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Apr 26 2024 (SC)

Association For Democratic Reforms Vs. Election Commission Of India

Court : Supreme Court of India

..... voters for the 2024 general elections, which is more than 10% of the world population. these voters represent the largest electorate in the world. the representation of the people act, 19516 which, to my mind, amidst the vast legislative landscape of the nation is the most important enactment after the constitution of india, is ..... titled madhya pradesh jan vikash party v. election commission of india regarding use of evms with costs. this court observed that: the election process under the representation of the people act, 1951 is monitored by a constitutional authority like election commission. electronic voting machines (evm) process has been utilized in our country for decades now ..... accepted and embraced. in view of the legal challenge7 regarding use of evms without legislative approval, the parliament vide act 1 of 1989 amended the representation of the people act, 19518 allowing the use of evms. they were used in the general elections in 2004 and have been used in each and every general .....

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Feb 15 2024 (SC)

Association For Democratics Reforms Vs. Union Of India

Court : Supreme Court of India

..... of candidates on the ground of defection, which reflects the importance of political parties in our democracy. section 77 of the representation of the people act, 1951, requires monetary limits to be prescribed for expenditures incurred by candidates.65 as political parties are at the helm of ..... . .... .. .... ........ . ........j.[b r gavai]. . .... .. .... ........ . ........j.[j b pardiwala]. . .... .. .... ........ . ........j.[manoj misra]. new delhi; february 15, 2024 152 annexure i section 29c, representation of the people act 1951 prior to amendment by the finance act 2017 upon amendment by section 137 of the finance act, 2017 29c. declaration of donation received by the section 29c ..... it cannot be ascertained whether the political party has taken any donation in violation of provisions under section 29b of the representation of the people act 1951 which prohibits the political parties from donations from government companies and foreign sources.23. referring to the deletion of .....

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Sep 26 2018 (SC)

Justice k.s.puttaswamy(retd) Vs. Union of India

Court : Supreme Court of India

..... demographic information by the individuals. for inclusion of name of a person in the electoral list as per the registration of electoral rules, 1960 framed under the representation of people act, 1950, a person is required to give similar demographic information in form ii, i.e., name, date of birth, gender, current address and permanent ..... held: 80. in durga shankar mehta v. raghuraj singh, air1954sc520the order of the election tribunal was made final and 346 conclusive by section 105 of the representation of the people act, 1951. the contention was that the finality and conclusiveness the jurisdiction of the supreme court under article 136. this contention was repelled. it was observed ..... purview of ordinary law, in cases where the needs of justice demand interference by the supreme court of the land.... of 105 section the representation of the people act certainly gives finality to the decision of the election tribunal so far as that act is concerned and does not provide for any further .....

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Nov 13 2019 (SC)

Rojer Mathew Vs. South Indian Bank Ltd and Ors Chief Manager

Court : Supreme Court of India

..... and high courts. a non- exhaustive list of such statutes includes: (i) section 35l of the central excise act, 1944 (1 of 1944); (ii) section 116a of the representation of the people act, 1951 (43 of 1951); (iii) section 38 of the advocates act, 1961 (25 of 1961); (iv) section 261 of the income tax act, 1961 (43 of ..... of each state in the council of states shall be elected by the elected members of the legislative assembly of the state in accordance with the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote. (5) the representatives of the [union territories]. in the council of states shall be chosen in such manner as parliament ..... of member, vice-president and president are predominantly made by nominees of the central government. a perusal of the schedule to the rules shows that save for token representation of the chief justice 83 of india or his nominee in some committees, the role of the judiciary is virtually absent.153. we are in agreement with the .....

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Aug 27 2014 (SC)

Manoj Narula Vs. Union of India

Court : Supreme Court of India

..... , against whom charges have been framed by a criminal court in respect of offences involving moral turpitude and also offences specifically referred to in chapter iii of the representation of the people act, 1951. ... j.(kurian joseph) new delhi; august 27, 2014.-.---------------------- [1]. air1975sc2299[2]. (1995) 4 scc611[3]. air2006sc3127[4]. (2013) ..... categories of convicted persons are disqualified from being elected to the legislature. a statutory disqualification is to be found in section 8 of the representation of the people act, 1951.[76]. the adequacy of the restrictions placed by this provision is arguable. for example, a disqualification under this section is ..... subserving the constitutional purpose. in k. prabhakaran v. p. jayarajan[10]., in the context of enacting disqualification under section 8(3) of the representation of the people act, 1951 (for brevity the 1951 act ), it has been reiterated that persons with criminal background pollute the process of election as they .....

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Jul 04 2018 (SC)

Govt. Of Nct of Delhi Vs. Union of India

Court : Supreme Court of India

..... would be a disqualification for election to the legislative assembly under section 17 of government of part c states act 1951 read with section 7(d) of representation of the people act, 1951. in the view of the court: from the union government under 4 we are unable to agree that section 3(8) has the ..... interested in contracts with the government and was disqualified for being chosen to the legislative assembly of himachal pradesh. the election tribunal rejected the contention holding that representation of the people act, 1951 was 90 (1955) 1 scr549130 part k not applicable to elections in part c states. the appellant contended that the contracts in which ..... union of india87 ( manoj 85 (1972) 3 scc71786 (2006) 7 scc187 (2014) 9 scc1126 part k narula ). in kuldip nayar, an amendment made in the representation of people act, 1951 was challenged. by the said amendment, the requirement of domicile in the state concerned for getting elected to the council of states was deleted. it was contended .....

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