Court : Karnataka
Reported in : AIR2004Kant330; ILR2004KAR3574; 2004(4)KarLJ558
..... to mean an association or body of individual citizens of india registered with the commission as a political party under section 29-a of the representation of the people act, 1951.para 4 of the order provides for allotment of symbols. the said provision authorises the election commission to allot separate symbols in ..... candidates at such general election in the state.'7. political parties are required to register themselves with the election commission under section 29-a of representation of the people act.8. prior to promulgation of the symbols order, there was no provision either in the act or the rules for recognition of political ..... delhi-110 to the presidentkannada naadu party,giriraj annexe,circuit house road,hubli 580 029,karnatakasubject:-- 'kannada naadu party' --registration under section 29a of the representation of the people act, 1951, as a political party -- matters regarding.sir,i am directed to state that the election commission of india, after having considered your .....
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Reported in : AIR1965Kant227; AIR1965Mys227; (1964)2MysLJ211
..... seat or any other seat is reserved for the district in the case of assam legislative assembly. thus even in the case of elections under the representation of the people act, a certain territorial nexus is recognised as necessary even for passive franchise, the nature of the nexus necessarily being different from the nexus required ..... in any of the wards of that municipal council or borough. same is the position as regards any constituency of a legislative assembly or even parliament. see representation of people act, the mysore town municipalities act, madras local boards act, etc.(16) for the reasons mentioned above, in my opinion, the decision in gadigeppa's ..... of voters for such municipal borough. explanation : for the purposes of this section, electoral roll shall mean an electoral roll prepared under the provisions of the representation of the people act, 1950.'section 11a reads:'(1) every person whose name is in the list of voters referred to in s. 11 shall, unless disqualified under .....
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Reported in : AIR1960Kant27; AIR1960Mys27
..... is that this appeal fails and must be dismissed with costs. the sum of rs. 500/- deposited by the appellant as required by the provisions of the representation of the people act, when he presented the appeal to this court, will be paid to respondent 1 by way of costs.a. narayana pai, j.(57) i agree.( ..... that reserved seat. respondent one was declared to have been duly elected, whereupon the petitioner presented an election petition under the provisions of s. 80 of the representation of the people act, calling in question therefore validity of the election of respondent 1. that election petition was heard by an election tribunal appointed for that purpose. the ..... a.r. somanath iyer, j.(1) this appeal presented under the provisions of s. 116-a of the representation of the people act concerns an election to the house of the people from the gulbarga parliamentary double membership constituency to fill a reserved seat. this election was held in march, 1957. respondent 1 and the appellant were .....
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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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..... 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 .....
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..... 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 .....
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Reported in : ILR1992KAR444; 1991(3)KarLJ308
..... that the incurring or authorizing of expenditure in contravention of that section is a corrupt practice. incidentally, we may observe that there is provision in the representation of the people act, 1951, which deals with 'disqualifications for membership of parliament or of a state legislature and clause (c) of that section relates to failure on ..... he was responsible for advancing loans to weaker section of the society getting subsidy of rs. 1000/- from the government and other benefits to the people. these representations made by him were deliberately done to induce the voters to think that the 1st respondent is solely responsible for all the programmes and policies carried ..... alleged against r-1 and his election agents under sub-sections (1) (a)(a), (3), (3a), (4) and (6) of section 123 of the representation of the people act, 1951 ('the act' for short hereafter) during this election. they are as follows:(a) the nagamangala assembly constituency during that election had 1,17,135 voters .....
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Reported in : AIR1961Kant106; AIR1961Mys106
..... for the conveyance of electors to the polls which vitiates an election is also an electoral offencepunishable under section 133 of the representation of the people act. section 127 of the representation of the people act makes the disturbance of an election meeting, which might also constitute undue influence within the meaning of clause (2) of ..... corrupt practices referred to in the election, petition, it would be necessary to refer to the relevant statutory provisions. 16. section 123 of the representation of the people act explains the seven corrupt practices which have to be regarded as corrupt practices for the purposes of the act. sub-section (1) of section ..... . the election of the appellant was challenged by the respondent by an election petition presented by him under the provisions of section 80 of the representation of the people act. if was challenged on every ground of objection created by the statute. the election petition incorporated in one most mis-arranged mass a multitude .....
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Reported in : AIR2004Kant471
..... the ground that the petition filed by the petitioner was not maintainable as it does not attract any of the provisions of section 100 of the representation of the people act, 1951.7. this court after hearing the learned counsel for the petitioner and respondents and based on the memo filed by the learned counsel ..... being aggrieved by the election results, declaring the 1st respondent as an elected candidate, the petitioner filed the present election petition under section 81 of the representation of the people act, 1951 on three grounds.4. according to the petitioner, the returning officer has committed an error in rejecting the nomination of ashok s/o masoodappa ..... and the election of the 3rd respondent was set aside on the ground that he had incurred disqualification to contest the election under section 9a of the representation of the people act, 1951. thereafter, a notification was issued on 22-1 -2003 by the government of karnataka, notifying the calendar of events for by-election to .....
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Reported in : AIR2006Kant205
..... supreme court has observed as follows.--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 the election petitions. ..... practice of appealing on communal grounds and also on the basis of his language in marathi. the same comes within the mischief of section 123(3) of the representation of the people act, 1951 and thus, his election is liable to be set aside. 9. the material facts and particulars of the corrupt practice committed by him are ..... in question the election of 1st respondent on the ground that the 1st respondent had indulged in corrupt practice within the meaning of section 123(3) of the representation of the people act, 1951 (hereinafter referred to as 'the rp act') by appealing to the voters on communal grounds and also on the basis of marathi language.2. .....
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