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Mohammad Abdul Moyeed vs.union of India & Ors

Court : Delhi

..... 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 ..... if it is satisfied that (a) the registration as an overseas citizen of india cardholder was obtained by means of fraud, false representation or the concealment of any material fact; or (b) the overseas citizen of india cardholder has shown disaffection towards the constitution of ..... eligibility for being a member of the house of the people or of the council of states, as the case may be; (h ..... ) under sections 5, 5a and section 6 of the representation of the people act, 1951 (43 of 1951) with regard to the eligibility .....

Pranav Bajpe Vs. The State Of Karnataka

Court : Karnataka

..... 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 sections 5, 5a and section 6 of the representation of the people act, 1951 (43 of 1951) with regard to the eligibility ..... if it is satisfied that (a) the registration as an overseas citizen of india cardholder was obtained by means of fraud, false representation or the concealment of any material fact; or (b) the overseas citizen of india cardholder has shown disaffection towards the constitution, as .....

The State Of Karnataka Vs. Pranav V Deshpande

Court : Karnataka

..... 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 sections 5, 5a and section 6 of the representation of the people act, 1951 (43 of 1951) with regard to the eligibility ..... if it is satisfied that (a) the registration as an overseas citizen of india cardholder was obtained by means of fraud, false representation or the concealment of any material fact; or (b) the overseas citizen of india cardholder has shown disaffection towards the constitution, as .....

Arif Ibrahim Choudhari Vs. Sau.Vahida Ayyaz Nayakwadi and Others

Court : Mumbai

..... incurs any of the disqualifications. such disqualifications are set out by section 16 of the representation of the people act, 1950. every person who is not less than 18 years of age on the qualifying date and ordinarily residing in the constituency shall be entitled to be ..... under section 16 of the representation of people act, 1950. 23. as far as 1950 act is concerned, it is apparent that a person shall be disqualified for registration in an electoral roll if he ..... for contesting the election is that such a person should be an elector for a constituency. the word elector has been defined in section 2(e) of the representation of the people act, 1951 to mean a person whose name is entered in the electoral roll of that constituency for the time being in force and who is not disqualified .....

R.C. Poudyal and ors. Vs. Union of India and Others

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR1993SC1804; JT1993(2)SC1; 1993(1)SCALE489; 1994Supp(1)SCC324; [1993]1SCR891

..... of seats in the state legislature in accordance with article 332. the consequential reservations in the state legislature were made in the representation of the people act, 1950 and the representation of the people act, 1951, twice by the act 1 oof 1976 and the act 8 of 1980, but not consistent with clause (3 ..... the state of sikkim.23. the election laws (extension to sikkim) act, 1976 sought to extend, with certain special provisions, the representation of the people act, 1950 and the representation of the people act, 1951 to sikkim.24. section 25a of the said act provides:25-a. conditions of registration as elector in sangha constituency in ..... , 1975, and consequential amendments in the delimitation of parliamentary and assembly constituencies order, 1976. the writ petitioner contents that the impugned provisions of the representation of the people acts are ultra vires of the constitution and cannot be saved by article 371f(f). alternatively it has been argued that if the provisions 371f (f .....

Kuldip Nayar Vs. Union of India (Uoi) and ors.

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR2006SC3127; JT2006(8)SC1; 2006(8)SCALE257; (2006)7SCC1

..... legislation cannot be struck down as unconstitutional. all the writ petitions questioning the constitutional validity of the amendments brought about in the representation of people the act, 1951 through the representation of the people (amendment) act, 2003 (act no. 40 of 2003), being devoid of merits are hereby dismissed. interim orders stand vacated. ..... on the legislative powers of the parliament in this regard. the amendments in sections 3, 59, 94 and 128 of the representation of the people act, 1951 by the representation of the people (amendment) act, 2003 (40 of 2003) has been made in exercise of the powers conferred on the parliament under article ..... election for constituting legislative assembly after premature dissolution of the existing one. however, in view of the scheme of the constitution and the representation of the people act, the elections should be held within six months for constituting legislative assembly from the date of dissolution of the legislative assembly.50. mr .....

Vani Rao Vs. Amar Agarwal and Another

Court : Chhattisgarh

..... the electoral roll cannot be challenged in a proceeding challenging the validity of the election. 21. further, the application of sections 21 and 23 of the representation of people act 1950 and rules 20 and 23 of registration of electoral rules (1960), which govern preparation of revision of electoral roll and inclusion of names in ..... petition and would submit that meaning thereby the election can not be challenged on the ground of wrong electoral rolls. 9. it is further contended that representation of people act, 1950 provides for preparation of voters list. accordingly, section 21 of the act, 1950 deals with preparation and revision of electoral rolls and section ..... were outsiders were added in the voters list and therefore, the election be declared void which cannot be questioned in election petition. it is contended that representation of people's act, 1950 lays down the scheme with reference to the electoral roll. 6. respondent no.1 has further contended that the entire gist of the .....

Abraham Kuriakose Vs. P.T. Thomas

Court : Kerala

Reported in : AIR1992Ker19

..... the same as they were instructed. the above acts of the respondent amounts to a corrupt practice, within the meaning of section 123(1) of the representation of the people act, 1951. the election of the respondent is liable to be declared void and set aside'. from the above averments, it can safely be seen that ..... distribution of free rice and prayer-meeting was held on 30-5-1991. the action of the respondent clearly falls within section 123(1) of the representation of the people act, 1951. the election of the respondent from no. 82 thodupuzha is liable to be declared void. d. since the respondent could not distribute the ..... election from no. 82, thodupuzha assembly constituency. the distribution of rice after the prayer meeting, according to the petitioner, constituted corrupt practice as contemplated by the representation of the people act, 1951, hereinafter referred to as 'the act'. on this basis, he has filed this election petition invoking the provisions contained in section 80, 81, 83 .....

Ramesh Shankar More Vs. Ramesh Mataprasad Dube and ors.

Court : Mumbai

Reported in : 1991(1)BomCR649; 1991(1)MhLj81

..... declared to be duly elected. it is common ground that the first respondent has not till today filed a recrimination as contemplated under section 97 of the representation of people act. it may be convenient to reproduce section 97 which reads as follows :-'when in an election petition a declaration that any candidate other than the ..... of andheri constituency. this respondent relies upon the same when produced. the said video cassets were objectionable inasmuch as it offended the various provisions of the representation of peoples act in the sense that it sought to make an appeal in the name of religion.6. this respondent submits that the petitioner is one of the ..... to challenge the validity of the petitioner's election on the ground inter alia that he is guilty of corrupt practices. since section 97 of the representation of peoples act bars the first respondent from leading evidence in this behalf the averments contained in the aforesaid paragraphs are liable to be struck off.4. shri vashi .....

K. Anbazhagan and ors. Vs. the Secretary,

Court : Chennai

Reported in : AIR1988Mad275

..... could claim a privilege with regard to its own constitution and having regard to the express provisions in the constitution and the provisions of, the representation of the people act, none of those three privileges could be claimed by the legislative assembly in india.37. the question which necessarily falls for consideration therefore is ..... india because the manner and the procedure for its constitution are regulated by the express provisions of the constitution of india and the provisions of the representation of the people act. the sheet anchor of the argument advanced on behalf of the petitioners is the observation made by the supreme court in the u. p. ..... does not refer to a conviction under the prevention of insults to national honour act.30. a reference was made by mr. raghavan to section 11 of the representation of people act, 1951, which reads as follows: - '11 removal or reduction of period of disqualification - the election commission may, for reasons to be recorded, remove .....