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Sep 15 2010 (HC)

Dilip Kumar Yadav. Vs. State of Bihar.

Court : Patna

..... case not true. remaining three cases were just instituted two days before on 16th june, 2003.5. my attention was drawn towards section 33 a of the representation of the peoples act, 1951 which reads as such:"33-a. right to information-- (1) a candidate shall, apart from any information which he is required to furnish, ..... procedure seeking quashing of first information report being dumra p.s. case no. 71 of 2005 dated 18th may, 2005 lodged under section 125a of the representation of the peoples act, 1951 and under sections 171(g), 177, 181, and 198 of the indian penal code.3. the relevant facts of the case is that ..... a candidate for election for local body constituency wherein as per requirement along with his nomination furnished the required details supported with affidavit. subsequently, one of the people lodged a complaint before the authority that in the affidavit, furnished by the petitioner, some required details were deliberately concealed as to pendency of four criminal cases .....

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Dec 13 1982 (HC)

V.R. Sreerama Rao Vs. Telugudesam, a Political Party and anr.

Court : Andhra Pradesh

Reported in : AIR1983AP96

..... to form associations, in the interests of nation's sovereignty and intergrity.11. the legal effect of s. 123(3) of the representation of the people act, (3) of the representation of the people act, 1951 is to forbid a candidate at an election to canvass electoral support on the basis of language. the legal effect of ..... name per se constitutes a violation of the spirit of the 16th constitutional amendment and the consequential amendments brought about in the penal code and the representation of the people act should therefore, be rejected.10. the 16th constitutional amendment act 1963 seeking to preserve, promote and maintain theintegrity and sovereignty of the nation ..... field recognised by the election commission as political parties with election symbols allotted to them sri. ramarao denied the relevancy of section 123 of the representation of the people act, or section 153-a of the penal code or the 16th constitutional amendment to the decision in this case sri ramarao finally stated that .....

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Feb 12 1969 (SC)

Samant N. Balkrishna and anr. Vs. V. George Fernandez and ors.

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR1969SC1201; (1969)3SCC238; [1969]3SCR603

..... given in the cpc can be invoked because section 87 makes the procedure applicable, as nearly as may be to the trial of election petitions, the representation of the people act itself enacts some rules which override the civil procedure code. general power of amendment or the power derived from the cpc must be taken to be overborne in ..... an election agent or by the improper reception, refusal or rejection of votes or by any non-compliance with the provisions of the constitution or of the representation of the people act or rules or orders made under it. this condition has to be established by some evidence direct or circumstantial. it is, therefore, clear that the ..... separately in sub-paragraphs a to j. sub-paragraphs a to d dealt with the invalidity of the election for non-compliance with section 62 of the representation of the people act and articles 326 and 327 of the constitution. these concerned the secrecy of ballot (a), registering of some voters in two constituencies (b), omission .....

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May 02 2019 (HC)

S. Sadachari Sai Baba Om Ji vs.union of India & Ors.

Court : Delhi

..... has been improperly rejected; 10. learned counsel for the respondents submitted that the proceedings for disqualification of the petitioner conducted under section 10a of the representation of people act, 1951 were carried in accordance with law. he has invited attention of this court to a summary report of district election officer (deo) ..... -40) . the petitioner, however, failed to lodge the amount of election expenses as required under the representation of people act, 1951 and rules and order made thereunder. vide an order dated 07.06.2016, passed by the respondent no.3, the petitioner was disqualified for ..... his nomination was rejected on the ground that his name appears in the list of disqualified persons issued by respondent no.3 under section 10a of the representation of people act, 1951.6. in the year 2015, the petitioner had contested general elections to the legislative assembly, 2015 , from new delhi assembly constituency (ac .....

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Aug 31 2007 (HC)

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 .....

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Nov 24 2006 (HC)

Rashtriya Mukti Morcha, Through Its President, Ravinder Kumar Vs. Unio ...

Court : Delhi

Reported in : 137(2007)DLT195

..... of article 5 of the constitution of india. it was also contended that constitution was established in 1950 and both the acts i.e. representation of people act, 1950 and representation of people act, 1951 were also enacted thereafter. to elaborate his arguments mr. lekhi contended that if foreign born citizen could not contest election to ..... or ireland.... 36. it was next contended that the word 'citizen' which occurs in the constitution in 1950 was adopted in the representation of people act, 1950 and representation of people act, 1951 and that has to be read in its contextual meaning with article 5 of the constitution of india as classes of citizen ..... period and will override the provisions of article 11 and other statutes concerning citizenship, secondly whether article 11 of the constitution and provisions contained in representation of people acts and citizenship act have to be read in conjunction with article 5 of the constitution, thirdly, whether article 5 of the constitution is the .....

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Aug 17 1988 (HC)

Thaniya Naika Vs. Babu Mukhari

Court : Karnataka

Reported in : ILR1989KAR716

..... an election petition, but also other candidates who contested if there has been allegations of malpractice committed by them in an election petition presented under the representation of the people act not only to secure a declaration in one's own favour or to challenge the election of a particular candidate but also to maintain the purity ..... who filed the election petitions. he has drawn my attention to the statement of objects and reasons when amendment was made to section 82 of the representation of the people act which reads as follows:'section 82 provides that all the duly nominated candidates shall be joined as respondents to an election petition. even in the ..... scheduled tribes in addition to the right they already have in common with all citizens.18. it is in this context that section 54(4) of the representation of the people act corresponding to rule 28(4) of the rules assumes some importance. rule 28 of the rules is as follows:'(1) to (3) ......................(4) notwithstanding .....

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Jul 03 1978 (HC)

Purshottam Lal Sharma Vs. State of Rajasthan and ors.

Court : Rajasthan

Reported in : AIR1979Raj18

..... the respondent no. 4 should no more appear in the electoral rolls of that state.20. the prayer for prosecution under section 31 of the representation of the people act, 1950, is wholly misconceived because such a prosecution is permissible only if the respondent had made a false declaration in connection with the preparation, ..... name appears in the electoral rolls of two constituencies, is void or that there was any non-compliance with the provisions of the constitution or the representation of the people act, 1951. where the elector applies for inclusion of his name in another constituency, the electoral registration officer of the first constituency has to pass ..... that he could not be an elector in two places simultaneously. the returning officer rejected the objection holding that according to section 36(7) of the representation of the people act, 1951, the electoral roll for the time being in force was conclusive evidence of his being an elector and, therefore, his nomination could not .....

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Feb 12 1969 (HC)

Samant N. Balakrishna Vs. George Fernandez

Court : Mumbai

Reported in : (1970)72BOMLR117

..... code of civil procedure can be invoked because section 87 makes the procedure applicable, as nearly as may be to the trial 6f election petitions, the representation of the people act itself enacts some rules which override the civil procedure code. general power of amendment or the power derived from the code of civil procedure must be taken to ..... than an election agent.29. having dealt with the substantive law on the subject of election petitions we may now turn to the procedural provisions in the representation of the people act. here we have to consider sections 81, 83 and 86 of the act, the first provides the procedure for the presentation of election petitions. the ..... separately in sub-paras. a to j. sub-paragraphs a to d dealt with the invalidity of the election for non-compliance with section 62 of the representation of the people act and articles 326 and 327 of the constitution. these concerned the secrecy of ballot (a), registering of some voters in two constituencies (b), omission of .....

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Apr 28 1958 (HC)

Digambarrao Bindu Vs. Deorao Kamble

Court : Mumbai

Reported in : (1958)60BOMLR1065

..... to the reserved seat to contest the general seat as well, then no question of discrimination can possibly arise.13. having considered the relevant provisions of the representation of people act and the provisions of the constitution, we are of opinion that the tribunal was right in the decision that it came to and the challenge to the ..... not less then twenty-five and such qualifications as may be prescribed by or under any law made by parliament; and the representation of the people act has enacted section 4 which requires qualifications in the case of a reserved seat that he must be a member of the scheduled caste and ..... parliament commensurate with their population, and in order to carry out this object, as in the prevailing social conditions it may not be possible to obtain a proper representation for the members of the scheduled caste, the constitution has provided that seats should be reserved for the scheduled caste proportionate to their population. now, the reservation clearly .....

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