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Sorab Singh Gill Vs. Union of India (Uoi) and ors.

Court : Punjab and Haryana

Reported in : AIR2010P& H83

..... of the constitution for appointment as a judge of the high court;(f) under section 16 of the representation of the people act, 1950 (43 of 1950) in regard to registration as a voter;(g) under sections 3 and 4 of the representation of the people act, 1951 (43 of 1951) with regard to the eligibility for being a member of the house of ..... the people or of the council of states, as the case may be;(h) under section 5, 5a and 6 of the ..... representation of the people act, 1951 (43 of 1951) with regard to the eligibility for being a member of the legislative assembly or a .....

Har Sharan Varma Vs. Union of India (Uoi) and ors.

Court : Allahabad

Reported in : AIR1987All294

..... the council of ministers. in support of his plea he has placed reliance upon articles 84, 99 and 104 of the constitution and, section 36 of the representation of the people act.2. the answer to the petitioner's contention is to be found in articles 74 and 75 of the constitution. article 74(1) provides that there ..... sits in the house as a member of the council of ministers in order to discharge the constitutional obligation cast under article 75(3).11. representation of the people act deals with election of peoples' representationto parliament and the state legislatures. since sri saeed has not been elected to either house of parliament, this act is not at allattracted. ..... a minister, sri saeed will have to sit in the parliament, as under article 75(3) the council of ministers is collectively responsible to the house of the people, but without subscribing to the oath referred to in article 99 he cannot have a seat in parliament. without having a seat in the parliament, the petitioner contends, .....

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 .....

Manda Jaganath Vs. K.S. Rathnam and ors.

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR2004SC3600; 2004(5)ALLMR(SC)527; 2004(5)ALT28(SC); JT2004(5)SC8; 2004(4)SCALE600; (2004)7SCC492

..... after issuance of election notification because of the specific bar found in article 329(b) of the constitution of india read with the other provisions of the representation of the people act, 1951. they also contended that the high court could not have directed the returning officer to treat the first respondent as a candidate set up ..... only. they also submitted that in view of glaring defects and omissions found in form b filed by the first respondent which are in contravention of the representation of the people act, the rules and orders made thereunder, it was only the returning officer who was competent to adjudicate on such issues and the high court could ..... 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 people act, 1951 provided for such a forum for questioning such elections hence, under article 329(b) no forum other than such forum constituted under the r. .....

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 .....

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 .....

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 .....

Bhanu Kumar Shastri Vs. Mohan Lal Sukhadia and ors.

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR1971SC2025; (1971)1SCC370; [1971]3SCR522; 1971(4)WLN1

..... discretionary grants on the eve of elections should be avoided'.58. allegation of corrupt practice is a charge of criminal nature. the provisions in the representation of the people act are intended to preserve the purity of the election, but at the same time these provisions should not be subverted for the impure purposes of ..... at a nominal price of re. 1/-for each patta. the respondent sukhadia thus committed corrupt practice as defined under section 123(1) of the representation of the people act. girdhari lal, election agent of the respondent sukhadia arranged a meeting on 5 february, 1967 at the raigar colony. about 100 persons gathered. ..... 1967. the respondent sukhadia filed an application praying that certain allegations in the petition were vague and lacking in particulars required by section 83 of the representation of the people act and, therefore, the allegations should be struck off. the high court ordered the petitioner to file a detailed reply giving full particulars in respect .....

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 .....

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 .....