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Sep 08 1993 (HC)

Shiromani Akali Dal Vs. Election Commission of India Through Its Secre ...

Court : Punjab and Haryana

Reported in : AIR1994P& H77

..... political party to mean an association or body of individual citizens registered with the commission as a political party under s. 29a of the representation of the people act, 1951. para3 provides for additional particulars to be submitted with an application for registeration as apolitical party to the commission. para 5 ..... this act under sub-sec. (i) thereof. sub-sec. (2) contemplates such associations or bodies which were in existence at the commencement of representation of the people (amendment) act, 1988 to make such application within 60 days from such commencement and for associations or bodies formed thereafter within 30 days next ..... subsequently announced. in order to appreciate the legal arguments arising from such submissions it is necessary to refer to the provisions of the constitution, the representation of the people act, 1951, and the symbol order of 1968. the election commission is constitutional entity. chapter xv of the constitution specifically deals with the subject .....

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Jul 28 1977 (SC)

Narendra Madivalapa Kheni Vs. Manikrao Patil and ors.

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR1977SC2171; 1977(2)KarLJ355; (1977)4SCC16; [1978]1SCR193

..... the necessary notifications before the evening of the 17th. admittedly, he did not have any gazette notifications before april 25th. under section 27 of the representation of the people act, 1950, the electoral registration officer who, in this case, is also the returning officer, had to have before him gazette notifications which clearly ..... the specific election that falls for decision was held on may 12, 1974. according to the calendar for the poll contemplated in section 30 of the representation of the people act, 1951 (hereinafter called the 1951 act), the last date for presenting the nominations was appointed as april 17, 1974. section 33(1) ..... father of the nation, standing as he did for participative democracy through decentralisation of power. unfortunately, after holding elections to the bidar board and making people believe that they have elected their administrative representatives at the lowest levels, the state government did not bring to life the local board even long after .....

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Apr 30 2004 (HC)

Jan Chaukidar (Peoples Watch) Through Its Convenor Basant Kumar Chaudh ...

Court : Patna

..... v. union of india and anr., (supra) this is stated very clearly; 'the disability which is imposed under section 62(5) of the representation of the people act is equally applicable to all persons similarly situate mentioned therein and they are even prevented from contesting the election or offering themselves as candidates for such ..... kumar shastri v. union of india and anr., the supreme court observe :-- 'the disability which is imposed under section 62(5) of the representation of the people act is equally applicable to all persons similarly situate mentioned therein and they are even prevented from contesting the election or offering themselves as candidates for ..... a politician with criminal antecedents, though to a certain extent they may suffer the situation. the law specifically provides for keeping criminals away from the representation of people, in the forums of legislature and parliament. if anyone has any suggestion that there is a pface for all in the legislature, then the court .....

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Oct 28 2015 (HC)

R.S. Raja Kannappan Vs. K.R. Periakaruppan and Others

Court : Chennai

..... supplied the essential and material particulars towards the allegations that the first respondent had indulged in corrupt practice as provided under section 123 of representation of people's act and that the first respondent exercised undue influence of the election officer and returning officer. the election petitioner had not pleaded and ..... by manipulating the electronic voting machines (evms). the relevant provision with regard to corrupt practice in this case is section 123(7) of the representation of people act, 1951. (iii) the allegation of corrupt practice under section 123(7) can be proved only by circumstantial evidence and probabilities and not by ..... this court framed the following issues: 1. whether the first respondent/ returned candidate indulged in corrupt practices as set out in section 123 of the representation of people act ? 2. whether the first respondent/ returned candidate had brought any undue influence on the district officer of the returning officer in the capacity of .....

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Mar 23 1962 (HC)

Abdul Majeed (Meera Sahib) Vs. Bhargavan (Krishnan) Member, Legislativ ...

Court : Kerala

Reported in : AIR1963Ker18

..... the first respondent or the respondent for short, the returned candidate, to be void. the electoral roll was compiled under the provisions of the representation of the people act, 1950 andthe representation of the people (preparation of electoral rolls) rules, 1956, which may be referred to hereatter as the 1950 act and tha rules respectively, the qualifying date ..... being january 1, 1959. the election and the trial of the election petition were held under the provisions of the representation of the people act, 1951 as amended in the year 1958, which may be referred to as the act. the respondent was declared elected by a majority of 122 ..... therefore clear that generalevidence of a likelihood, such as has been tendered in this case, is not decisive of the matter under section 100 of the representation of the people act. what the party whowishes to get an election declared void has to establish is that the result of the poll had in fact been materially .....

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Sep 12 1978 (SC)

Haji C.H. Mohammad Koya Vs. T.K.S.M.A. Muthukoya

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR1979SC154; (1979)2SCC8; [1979]1SCR664

..... election petitioner to make out a strong case for setting aside an election. in our country election is a fairly costly and expensive venture and the representation of the people act has provided sufficient safeguards to make the elections fair and free. in these circumstances, therefore, election results cannot be lightly brushed aside in election disputes ..... .... the presumption under section 7 of the press and registration of books act undoubtedly arises, but in a charge under section 123(4) of the representation of the people act the presumption under section 7 of the press and registration of books act, 1867 would come with greater or less force, according to the circumstances ..... koya has been set aside and he has been disqualified from taking part in the elections for a period of six years under the provisions of the representation of the people act, 1951 (hereinafter called the act).2. for the purpose of brevity we shall refer to the respondent-petitioner as the petitioner and haji c. .....

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May 01 1987 (HC)

Parkash Singh Badal and ors. Vs. Union of India and ors.

Court : Punjab and Haryana

Reported in : AIR1987P& H263

..... brundaban nayak had incurred a disqualification subsequent to his election under article 191(1)(e) of the constitution, read with section 7 of the representation of the people act 1951. on 10th september 1964, the chief secretary to the government of orissa alleging that the appellant brundaban nayak had incurred a disqualification ..... subsequent to his election under article 191(1)(e) of the constitution, read with section 7 of the representation of the people act 1951. on l0th september 1964, the chief secretary to the government of orissa alleging that the appellant brundaban nayak had incurred a disqualification ..... subsequent to his election under article 19(1)(e) of the constitution, read with section 7 of the representation of the people act 1951. on l0th september 1964, the chief secretary to the government of orissa forwarded the said complaint to the election commission of india .....

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Sep 10 1980 (HC)

dharti Pakad Madanlal Agrawal, Gwalior Vs. Jinendra Kumar Jain, Bhopal ...

Court : Madhya Pradesh

Reported in : AIR1981MP26; 1981MPLJ126

..... apparent that the rest of the procedure has been left to the parliament and the parliament in exercise of its powers has enacted the representation of the people act7. section 33 of the representation of the people act falls in part v, chapter i with the heading 'nomination of candidates'. section 33 provides.--'33. presentation of nomination paper ..... to either house of parliament. according to the petitioner, what right has been given under article 84 has been taken away by section 33(1) of the representation of the people act. the parliament while enacting section 33(1), exercising powers under art, 327 of the constitution had no authority to deprive the citizen of his right, ..... proposer. order not filed with the petition.3. the only ground urged in this petition by the petitioner is that section 33(1) of the representation of the people act which requires the nomination paper to be signed by one proposer who is an elector of the constituency is unconstitutional as under article 84 of the .....

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May 28 1998 (HC)

Bakhshish Singh Vs. Jai Singh

Court : Punjab and Haryana

Reported in : (1999)121PLR633

..... the candidate has made and subscribed the oath or affirmation before an authorised officer for that election.23.3 section 36(2)(a) of the representation of the people act, 1951 requires that on the date for the scrutiny of nominations the nominated candidate should have the requisite qualification including the qualification of ..... faith and allegiance to the constitution of india as by law established and that i will uphold the sovereignty and integrity of india.' section 100 of the representation of people act, 1951 (relevant portion) is in the following terms:'100. grounds for declaring election to be void.- (1) subject to the provisions of sub ..... the petition may be noticed.2. the notification for holding haryana legislative assembly election was issued by the governor of haryana under section 15 of the representation of people act, 1951 (hereinafter referred to as the act) calling upon the various assembly constituencies in the state of haryana to elect members of haryana legislative .....

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Oct 10 1967 (HC)

Mohan Raj Vs. Surendra Kumar Taparia and ors.

Court : Rajasthan

Reported in : AIR1968Raj287

..... the election. (al) that the posters and pamphlets were printed and published by respondent no. 1 in contravention of the provision of section 127a of the representation of the people act, 1951. 33. in the opening part of the above paragraph there is a clear allegation that the election agent of the respondent also offered and ..... (gao hatya). not only this they administered oaths to the voters not to vote for congress. this is a corrupt practice according to section 123 of the representation of the people act, 1951.' 14. this did not contain a clear allegation that the election agent committed the corrupt practice. the allegation made in it is that either ..... to higher authorities by local police and vikas adhikari and the poster was thereafter removed. this is also a corrupt practice accordins to section 123 of the representation of the people act. 1951.' 11. on behalf of the petitioner it was contended that the allegations contained in the above paragraph do not amount to a corrupt practice .....

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