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Dec 19 1996 (HC)

H.S. JaIn and ors., Etc. Vs. Union of India (Uoi) and ors., Etc.

Court : Allahabad

Reported in : (1997)1UPLBEC594

..... was also issued.3. yet another notification was issued on the same date, namely, 17-10-1996 by the election commission under section 73 of the representation of people act, constituting legislative assembly in the state of uttar pradesh.4. the impugned notification containing the proclamation dated 17-10-1996 has been challenged on variety of ..... are the conditions precedent for making the assembly functional and for commencement of duration of the house. therefore, the natification under section 73 of the representation of people act was not the new situation rather the political dead-lock in formation of government was the new situation which came into existence on 10-10- ..... of article 356, as discussed above.54. much emphasis was given by learned solicitor general contending that by issuance of the notification under section 73 of the representation of the people act, 1951, on 17-10-1996, a new situation has arisen and under the constitutional scheme 'a situation' has arisen or not, is the .....

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Dec 15 2006 (SC)

Youaraj Rai Vs. Chander Bahadur Karki

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR2007SC561; 2007(2)ALLMR(SC)942

..... multi-member constituencies.20. it may also be appropriate to refer to sub-section (3) of section 4 and sub-section (2) of section 7 of the representation of the people act, 1950 as amended in 1975 and 1980. sub-section (3) of section 4 states that 'every parliamentary constituency shall be a single- member constituency. likewise ..... thakker, j.1. appeals admitted.2. all the above three appeals raise an interesting and important question of law as to interpretation of section 81 of the representation of the people act, 1951 (hereinafter referred to as 'the act').3. in all these appeals, facts are more or less similar. the election commission of india issued a ..... also referred to the relevant provisions of the act as they originally stood in 1951 and the amended provisions after the representation of the people (second amendment) act, 1956 (act 27 of 1956) and the representation of the people (amendment) act, 1961 (act 14 of 1961). section 81 of the act as it originally stood prior to the .....

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Apr 18 2012 (SC)

Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam Vs. Election Commission of IndiA.

Court : Supreme Court of India

..... party to be an association of a body of individual citizens of india, registered with the commission as apolitical party under section 29-a of the representation of the people act,1951, which as mentioned herein earlier, deals with registration of association of bodies as political parties with the election commission.ms. arora submitted that ..... writ petitioners, ms. meenakshi arora, learned advocate, appearing for the election commission of india, submitted that section 29-a contained in part 4a of the representation of the people act, 1951, provided a complete procedure as to the manner in which political parties were to be registered. part vof the act deals with conduct of ..... a pre-condition for recognition. accordingly, by virtue of powers conferred on it by article 324 of the constitution, read with section 29a of the representation of the people act, 1951 and rules 5and 10 of the conduct of election rules, 1961 and other powers vested init, the election commission of india made and .....

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May 18 2016 (HC)

Traffic Dr.K.R. Ramaswamy Vs. The Chief Election Commissioner of India ...

Court : Chennai

..... any material has come up before this court making allegations on assumptions and presumptions. it is further submitted that as per section 73 of the representation of the people act, 1951, the election commission can count the votes and declare the result barring two constituencies as per the subsequent notifications and the writ petition ..... of india, the writ petition is not maintainable and the election can be challenged only by filing an election petition as per section 100 of the representation of the people act, 1951, after declaration of the election results. it is further submitted that it is the wisdom of the election commissioner to conduct or postpone ..... by the income tax department on 14.05.2016 and also suspend or withdraw recognition of the recognized political parties as per section 16a of the representation of the people act, 1951. 5. mr.niranjan rajagopalan, learned counsel for the election commission would submit that the election commission issued a notification dated 04.03 .....

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Jun 23 2006 (HC)

State Election Commission Vs. Malladi Rajendra Prasad and ors.

Court : Andhra Pradesh

Reported in : 2006(5)ALD97

..... demanding judicial determination.30. to what extent article 329(b) has an overriding effect on article 226 of the constitution? the two constitution benches have held that representation of the people act, 1951 provides for only one remedy; that remedy being by an election petition to be presented after the election is over and there is no remedy ..... the process of election is over. this is clearly discernible from paragraphs 29 and 30 of the judgment, which are extracted below:29. section 100 of the representation of the people act, 1951 need to be read with article 329(b), the former being a product of the latter. the sweep of section 100 spelling out the ..... 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 the people act, 1951 provided for such a forum for questioning such election hence, under article 329(b) no forum other than such forum constituted under the r.p .....

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Jun 23 2006 (HC)

State Election Commission, Rep. by Its Secretary Vs. Malladi Rajendra ...

Court : Andhra Pradesh

Reported in : 2006(5)ALT279

..... demanding judicial determination.30. to what extent article 329(b) has an overriding effect on article 226 of the constitution? the two constitution benches have held that representation of the people act, 1951 provides for only one remedy; that remedy being by an election petition to be presented after the election is over and there is no remedy ..... the process of election is over. this is clearly discernible from paragraphs 29 and 30 of the judgment, which are extracted below:29. section 100 of the representation of the people act, 1951 need to be read with article 329(b), the former being a product of the latter. the sweep of section 100 spelling out the ..... 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 the people act, 1951 provided for such a forum for questioning such election hence, under article 329(b) no forum other than such forum constituted under the r.p .....

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Oct 19 2006 (SC)

Kishansing Tomar Vs. Municipal Corporation of the City of Amedabad and ...

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR2007SC269; 2007(4)BomCR414; [2007(3)JCR66(SC)]; JT2006(9)SC320; 2006(10)SCALE438; (2006)8SCC352

..... dissolution, although no period has been provided for. yet, there is another indication in sections 14 and 15 of the representation of people act that the election process can be set in motion by issuing of notification prior to expiry of six months of the normal term of the house ..... the reference, held:however, we are of the view that the employment of the words 'on an expiration' occurring in sections 14 and 15 of the representation of the people act, 1951 respectively show that the election commission is required to take steps for holding election immediately on expiration of the term of the assembly or its ..... powers, and (b) arrangements for revenue sharing.(ii) ensuring regular conduct of elections.(iii) ensuring timely elections in the case of supersession; and(iv) providing adequate representation for the weaker sections like scheduled castes, scheduled tribes and women.accordingly, it has been proposed to add a new part relating to the urban local bodies in .....

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Nov 24 1994 (HC)

N. Chandra Babu Naidu Vs. the Chief Election Commissioner and ors.

Court : Andhra Pradesh

Reported in : 1995(1)ALT143

..... has issued g.o. ms. no. 542, general administration (elec. d) department, dated 2-11-1994 invoking power under section 28(a) of the representation of the people act, 1951 by designating the following police officers for the purpose of maintaining law and order and other duties connected with the conduct of ensuing general elections to ..... the state of andhra pradesh is set in motion by issuance of notification by the governor of andhra pradesh in terms of clause 15 (2) of the representation of people act, 1951 on 1-11-1994. thus, by issuance of the election notification, the election process has commenced in the state of andhra pradesh and the ..... police for the purpose of ensuring the success of congress party candidates including his own brother m.v. chalaoathi rao.5. the petitioner states that he made representation to the first respondent by complaining all these events requesting the first respondent to take appropriate action against the third respondent who, according to the petitioner, .....

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May 08 2017 (HC)

Saroj vs.delhi State Election Commission & Anr.

Court : Delhi

..... made a ground for rejection of the nomination paper.30. the petitioner points out that rule 19 of the rules is identical with section 33 of the representation of the people act. the petitioner further submits that there is nothing contained in rule 19 to imply that apart from the clerical or technical error pertaining to the names ..... 40 ... ... ...30. to what extent article 329(b) has an overriding effect on article 226 of the constitution?. the two constitution benches have held that representation of the people act, 1951 provides for only one remedy; that remedy being by an election petition to be presented after the election is over and there is no remedy provided ..... also placed reliance on ram phal kundu v. kamal sharma, (2004) 2 scc759 wherein the supreme court, in the context of an election governed by the representation of the people act, 1951 held that once the nomination paper of a candidate is rejected, the act provides for only one remedy-that remedy being by an election petition to .....

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Apr 17 1958 (HC)

Dev Kanta Barooah Vs. Kusha Ram Nath and anr.

Court : Guwahati

..... as to filling in of the other entries.4. the expression 'electoral roll number' occurring in these two entries has been defined in rule 2(b) of the representation of the people (conduct of elections 'arid election petitions) rules, 1956, which runs as follows:'2. (1) in these rules, unless the context otherwise requires, --(b) ' ..... officers on the date of presentation of these nomination papers and they were duly endorsed after verification, as provided under section 33(4) of the representation of the people act. the first three papers were received by the deputy commissioner of nowgong who was the returning officer for nowgong constituency and the other two were ..... in the nowgong constituency of the assam legislative assembly called in question the election of dev kanta barooah by a petition under section 81 of the representation of the people act alleging that his nomination paper or papers were illegally rejected by the returning officer on scrutiny on 1-2-57. the petitioner filed five .....

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