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Kannada Nadu Party Vs. the Election Commission of India and ors.

Court : Karnataka

Reported in : AIR2004Kant330; ILR2004KAR3574; 2004(4)KarLJ558

..... to mean an association or body of individual citizens of india registered with the commission as a political party under section 29-a of the representation of the people act, 1951.para 4 of the order provides for allotment of symbols. the said provision authorises the election commission to allot separate symbols in ..... candidates at such general election in the state.'7. political parties are required to register themselves with the election commission under section 29-a of representation of the people act.8. prior to promulgation of the symbols order, there was no provision either in the act or the rules for recognition of political ..... delhi-110 to the presidentkannada naadu party,giriraj annexe,circuit house road,hubli 580 029,karnatakasubject:-- 'kannada naadu party' --registration under section 29a of the representation of the people act, 1951, as a political party -- matters regarding.sir,i am directed to state that the election commission of india, after having considered your .....

Krishna S/O Panchamrao Khopade Vs. Satish S/O Jhaulal Chaturvedi and o ...

Court : Mumbai

Reported in : 2007(6)ALLMR96

..... order to fill up the vacuum left due to non-legislation by parliament. it is high time that the parliament should consider amending the representation of the people act, 1951 by incorporating disqualification of the candidate for furnishing wrong or incomplete information and suppressing material information about the assets and liabilities of ..... of india had undertaken comprehensive study of the measures required to expedite hearing of election petitions and to have a thorough review of the representation of the people act, 1951 so as to make the electoral process more fair, transparent and equitable. the law commission made recommendation for debarring a ..... been materially affected. he submitted that the nomination paper filed by r-1 was rightly accepted by r-10. he submitted that neither the representation of people act, 1951 nor the rules, orders, instructions issued thereunder contained any provision regarding disqualification of a candidate due to filing of defective affidavit or .....

Dr. Y.S. Parmar Vs. Hira Singh Pal and anr.

Court : Himachal Pradesh

..... . it is immaterial if the name of amar singh was not entered in the form before the appellant signed it. the election law (as contained in the representation of the people act, 1951, as amended) does not contemplate the delegation of powers under section 46, by the contesting candidate to anybody other than his election agent. since, ..... polling agent to be signed before presiding officer', 'i hereby declare that at the above election, i will not do anything forbidden by section 128 of the representation of the people act, 1951, which i have read/has been read over to me.' after that, the presiding officer. shri bhanu pratap, signed the form at the place ..... of dr. y. s. parmar was, however, challenged by an unsuccessful candidate, shri hira singh pal, by means of an election petition under section 80 of the representation of the people act, 1951 (which, hereafter, will be referred to as 'the act).'the petition was referred to an election tribunal, consisting of a single member, shri s. d .....

Bholanath Srivastava Vs. Union of India (Uoi) and ors.

Court : Allahabad

Reported in : AIR1963All363

..... article 226 of the constitution.8. learned counsel urged that because in the present case the petitioner was questioning the vires of section 34 of the representation of the people act, 1951 the question could be raised in these proceedings; but in my opinion the ground on which the order rejecting the nomination paper is being ..... therefore, wants that order to be quashed. the nomination paper has been rejected on the ground that the petitioner had not complied with section 34 of the representation of the people act, 1951. the contention is that the provisions of that section were not valid and compliance with them ought not, therefore, to have been insisted upon ..... the parliament. he urges that by providing for an additional qualification of making a deposit of rs. 500/- by way of security section 34 of the representation of the people act really adds a qualification to the various qualifications mentioned in the constitution and that is not permissible. his case is that as section 34 was .....

N. Kristappa Vs. Chief Election Commissioner and Others

Court : Andhra Pradesh

Reported in : AIR1995AP212; 1995(1)ALT121

..... is provided to man the election process. article 324 makes provision for a centralised electoral machinery. necessary legislation have been enacted in the nature of representation of the people act, 1950 and 1951. once the entire election process has been brought under the purview and control of the election commission, an authority constituted under ..... 324(1) the election comission cannot do something impinging upon the power of the president in making the notification under section 14 of the representation of the people act. but after the notification has been issued by the president, the entire electoral process is in the charge of the election commission and ..... to arbitrary exercise of power attributable to mala fides 13. the election process for state assemblies as well as parliamentary constituencies is contemplated under the representation of the people act, 1950 and 1951 (for short 'the act). the election process for the respective state assemblies is set in motion by the issuance of .....

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 .....

Sh. Jaspal Singh Vs. Sh. O.P. Babbar

Court : Delhi

Reported in : 149(2008)DLT205; 2008(101)DRJ283

..... or government dues. (5) the educational qualifications of the candidate.24. after the hon'ble supreme court rendered its opinion on 2.5.2002, the representation of the people (3rd amendment) act 2002 was promulgated. simultaneously rule 4a was inserted in the conduct of elections rules 1961 as also form no. 26 prescribing the ..... of government of india, undertaken comprehensive study of the measures required to expedite hearing of election petitions and to have a thorough review of the representation of the people act, 1951 so as to make the electoral process more fair, transparent and equitable and to reduce the distortions and evils that had crept into ..... nomination paper filed by s. ranjit singh by passing the following order:i have examined the nomination paper in accordance with section 36 of the representation of the people act, 1951 and decided as follows:nomination paper examined with its enclosures and following deficiencies noted:(i) affidavit as prescribed by eci not complete and .....

Surendrasinhaji Jorawarasinhji Jhala Vs. U.M. Bhatta and ors.

Court : Gujarat

Reported in : AIR1969Guj292

..... contemplated under article 329(b)? the answer to the question depends on a consideration of the provisions of articles 324 to 329 and the representation of the people act, 1950 and the representation of the people act, 1951, articles 324 to 329 occur in part xv headed 'elections' and article 324 which is the first article in the ..... reading of articles 324 to 329 occurring in part xi of the constitution. but we find that this view is also supported by the representation of the people act, 1950, and the representation of the people act, 1951, made by the parliament in exercise of its power under article 327 of the constitution.6. when we turn to these ..... the various stages in the process of election and these stages arise subsequent to the issue of the notification. it would thus be seen that the representation of the people act, 1950, deals with various anterior stages such as allocation of scats, the delimitation of constituencies and the preparation of electoral rolls while the various .....

Ashok Shankar Gholap Vs. Krishnarao H. Deshmukh and anr.

Court : Mumbai

Reported in : AIR1980Bom224

..... of the election petition, which are required to accompany an election petition, were attested as provided under section 81 sub-section (3) of the representation of the people act, 1951, and thecourt came to the conclusion that the petitioner had substantially complied with the provisions relating to attestation of copies. this decision ..... department, namely the board department. the petitioner has, therefore, substantially complied with the requirements of section 81, sub-section (3), of the representation of the . people act, which lays down that every election petition shall be accompanied by as many copies thereof as there are respondents mentioned in the petition. there ..... on the back of the petition immediately after the endorsement of the master and assistant prothonotary, section 81, sub-section (3) of the representation of the people act, 1951 is as follows:'every election petition shall be accompanied by as many copies thereof as there are respondents mentioned in the petition .....

P. Kunhiraman Vs. V.R. Krishna Iyer

Court : Kerala

Reported in : AIR1962Ker190

..... this connection, mr. kalathil velayudhan nair, learned counsel for the appellant urged that the provisions regarding the preparation of electoral roll were contained in the representation of the people act, 1950 -- act 48/1950 and the relevant rules framed under the said act. section 100 of the 1951 statute, as it originally stood ..... to the parliament and undercertain circumstances, to the state legislaturesalso. in accordance with the powers conferredon parliament under article 327 the two statutesnamely, the representation of the people act,1950 and the act of 1951 have been passed byparliament.the various provisions contained in particular in the 1950 statute as also the rules ..... roll of that constituency for the time being in force and who is not subject to any of the disqualifications mentioned in section 16 of the representation of the people act, 1950. clause (k) defines 'tribunal'' as a tribunal appointed by the election communion under section 86.51. part ii deals with qualifications .....