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Sep 14 1970 (SC)

Shri Shiv Kirpal Singh Vs. Shri V.V. Giri

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR1970SC2097; (1970)2SCC567; [1971]2SCR197

..... would not be invalid by reason of the candidate making his signature before the proposer and the seconder. even subsequently, a similar provision in the representation of the people act, 1951, and the rules frame thereunder for conduct of elections and election petitions, was interpreted in the same manner by the election tribunal in ..... electoral registration officer or in the office where the chief electoral registration officer directs it to be preserved in accordance with the rules framed under the representation of the people act, 1950. in such circumstances., if the rule-making authority did not consider it safe to rely on printed copies of the electoral rolls ..... it was alleged that a poster was published against the ram rajiya parishad and jagirdars and this constituted undue influence within section 123(2) of the representation of people act, 1951. it was held that the publication of the poster constituted undue influence. the commission observed :it may be observed that an attempt to .....

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Mar 12 1963 (HC)

Ramanbhai Ashabhai Patel Vs. Dabhi Ajitkumar Fulsinhji and ors.

Court : Gujarat

Reported in : AIR1963Guj315

..... candidate and for prejudicially affecting the election of the other candidates and would constitute corrupt practice within the meaning of section. 123(3) of the representation of the people act, 1951.25. the next question that requires consideration is whether such corrupt practice has been committed by the swatantra party candidate or by ..... notification, the governor called upon all the assembly constituencies in the state of gujarat to elect members in accordance with the provisions of the representation of the people act, 1951, and rules and orders rnade thereunder. on the same day, another notification was issued under section 30 of the aforesaid act where ..... tribunal, is hereinafter referred to as 'the independent candidate.'2. on 13th january, 1962, a notification was issued under section 15(2) of the representation of the people act, 1951, directing that a general election be held for the purpose of constituting a new legislative assembly for the state of gujarat. by the said .....

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Feb 26 1982 (SC)

Jyoti Basu and ors. Vs. Debi Ghosal and ors.

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR1982SC983; 1982(1)SCALE115; (1982)1SCC691; [1982]3SCR318; 1982(14)LC186(SC)

..... the questions is not whether the civil procedure code applies because it undoubtedly does, but only 'as far as may be' and subject to the provisions of the representation of the people act, 1951 and the rules made thereunder. section 87(1) expressly says so. the question is whether the provisions of the civil procedure code can be invoked ..... a constitutency 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 ..... the action.3. to properly appreciate the rival contentions it is necessary to refer to the relevant provisions of the constitution of india ' and the two representation of the people acts of 1950 and 1951.4. first the constitution. part xv deals with elections. article 324 vests in the election commission the superintendence, direction and .....

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Feb 05 1992 (HC)

Capt. Chanan Singh Sidhu Vs. the Election Commission of India, New Del ...

Court : Punjab and Haryana

Reported in : AIR1992P& H183; (1992)102PLR12

..... sodhi, j.'5. the learned counsel for the petitioner has raised the following two contentions: --(1) that the power conferred by s. 10a of the representation of the people on the election commission is a judicial/quasi-judicial power, and even if it is an administrative power, the rules of 'natural justice necessitate the holding of ..... 1961 (hereinafter referred to as 'the rules'). the relevant statutory provisions as contained in the act and the rules are reproduced below for facility of reference.representation of the people act, 1951 '77. account of election expenses and maximum thereof.-- (1) every candidate at an election shall, either by himself or by his election ..... 1989, the result was declared, but the petitioner lost the election. still, according to the statutory provisions contained in ss. 77 and 78 of the representation of the people act, 1951 (hereinafter called 'the act'), he was required to keep a separate account of all the expenditure incurred by him in connection with the .....

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May 31 1996 (HC)

The Jammu and Kashmir Sharnarthi Action Committee and ors. Vs. State o ...

Court : Jammu and Kashmir

Reported in : AIR1997J& K15

..... be elected.13. therefore when we consider both the provisions of section 6 of the constitution of jammu and kashmir vis-a-vis the above provisions of the representation of people act, 1957, unless the writ petitioners (appellants) either continue to be residents of that area which is now called pok area and continue to enjoy the ..... the objectors and persons interested in the matter, has refixed the number of seats at 75 in compliance with the requirements of the relevant provisions of the representation of people act, 1957 act. that act of re-fixation of the number of seats in regard to delimitation of constituencies in the state of jammu and kashmir is ..... figures furnished by the writ petitioners at their face value to be correct.4. indeed the petitioners have sought for quashing section 3(2) of the representation of the people act for the reasons set out in the grounds. a prayer is sought for prohibiting the respondents from accepting the report of the delimitation commission or a .....

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May 08 1985 (SC)

Dr. P. Nalla Thampy Terah Vs. Union of India (Uoi) and ors.

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR1985SC1133; 1985(1)SCALE1148; 1985Supp(1)SCC189; [1985]Supp1SCR622

..... for a parliamentary constituency and an assembly constituency in respect of various states and the union territories. clause (6) of section 123 of the representation of the people act has specifically included the incurring or authorizing of expenditure in contravention of section 77 as a corrupt practice, which, if established, would not ..... the candidates against whom election petitions are pending, it became urgently necessary to clarify the intention underlying the provisions contained in section 77 of the representation of the people act, 1951, namely, that in computing the maxi mum amount under that section any expenditure incurred or authorized by any other person or ..... political parties should be further strengthened in the manner indicated by it in paragraph 13.18.11. in england, before the passing of the representation of the people act, 1949, the view had been expressed that expenses incurred without the authority of the candidate or election agent for promoting or procuring the .....

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Feb 22 1974 (SC)

Parmar Himatsingh Jugatsingh Vs. Patel Harmanbhai Narsibhai

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR1974SC951; (1974)2SCC115; [1974]3SCR453

..... person referred to in that entry is an elector for' that constituency, unless it is proved that he is subject to a disqualification mentioned in section 16 of the representation of the people act, 1950(43 of 1950). 4. the short question that arises for consideration in this appeal is whether the nomination paper of jivabhai was improperly rejected by the ..... to be made in the roll as may be necessary to give effect to the decision of the appellate officer under this rule'.7. section 22 of the representation of the people act, 1950, provides for correction of entries in electoral rolls and section 24 pro vides for appeals against orders made under sections 22 and 23 of that act ..... expressed by this court in narbada prasad v. chhagan lal and ors. : [1969]1scr499 there was no compliance with the provisions of section 33(5) of the representation of the people act and there was no power in the court to dispense with this requirement. it is a well-understood rule of law that if a thing is to be .....

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Jan 27 1959 (HC)

Brojo Gopal Das and ors. Vs. Kalipada Banerjee and ors.

Court : Kolkata

Reported in : AIR1960Cal92

..... void. the respective appellants are sri brojo gopal das, and sri nirmal chandra das, two or the persons who were substituted under section 116 of the representation of the people act, 1951, in place of the original contesting respondent before the tribunal, namely, sri biren roy, who was the successful candidate at the above election, ..... moreshwar parashram, : [1954]1scr817 , until such payment was made, the contracts must be held to have been subsisting for purposes of section 7(d) of the representation of the people act, 1951. the answer to this question also must, therefore, be in the affirmative, as correctly given by the tribunal. on this part of the case, ..... on behalf of the petitioners by sri ashoke krishna dutt. the statute requires authority in writing for such presentation (vide section 81(2)(ii) of the representation of the people act, 1951) and there is no such direct authority on the present record. accordingly, the point is taken that the petition was not duly presented. .....

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Oct 27 1994 (HC)

T.K. Kodandaram Vs. the Election Commission of India Rep. by Its Secre ...

Court : Andhra Pradesh

Reported in : 1994(3)ALT525

..... legislature of any state, vests in the election commission of india as provided by article 324 of the constitution. under the representation of people act, 1950, as also the representation of people act, 1951, the principles enshrined in the constitution with regard to elections to parliament and state assemblies have not been departed ..... contention raised by the learned counsel for the appellant, a look at the constitutional provisions as also the provisions contained in the representation of the people act, 1950 and representation of the people act, 1951, including the rules made thereunder, is necessary.7. article 79 of the constitution provides that there shall be ..... thereof. once a notification is issued, it becomes the duty of the registration officer to issue to every elector an identity card.15. representation of the people act, 1951 has been enacted to provide for the conduct of elections to parliament and the state assemblies, the qualifications and disqualifications for membership .....

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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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