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Ramdas Sheoramji Vs. Panjab Govindraoji and ors.

Court : Mumbai

Reported in : AIR1970Bom96; (1970)72BOMLR173; ILR1971Bom222; 1969MhLJ425

..... and in fact she is a qualified voter as contemplated by section 13(1) of the bombay village panchayats act.11. it is contended that the representation of the people act makes a provision for such a contingency and that should be applied to the elections of the village panchayats under the bombay village panchayats act also. ..... the preparation of the list of voters and sub-section (1) states that the electoral roll of the maharashtra legislative assembly prepared under the provisions of the representation of the people act, 1950, and in force on such day as the state government may by general or special order notify in this behalf for such part of ..... . this decision is challenged by the present petitioner.3. in deciding this question, the learned civil judge placed reliance on the provisions of section 62 of the representation of the people act, 1951, and particularly on clause (3) which states that:'no person shall vote at a general election in more than one constituency of the same class .....

Ram Abhilakh Tewari Vs. the Election Tribunal, Gonda and ors.

Court : Allahabad

Reported in : AIR1958All663

..... and that he had concealed the commission of such corrupt practices by adopting the course of not complying with the requirements of section 77 of the representation of the people act and the rules framed thereunder and by making fictitious and concocted entries in the return of accounts. it is, therefore, clear that paragraph 4 ..... a candidate incurs or authorises expenditure in excess of the maximum amount allowable under the rules framed under section 77(3) of the representation of the people act. in this paragraph there is no suggestion at all that the expenditure, which was incurred by the present petitioner, exceeded the prescribed limit. there ..... as it contained fictitious and concocted entries. such an allegation cannot be held to amount to a corrupt practice under section 123(6) of the representation of the people act. under that provision of law the corrupt practice consists in incurring or authorising expenditure in contravention of section 77 which can only happen if .....

Badan Singh Raghuvanshi Vs. B. Rajgopal Naidu and anr.

Court : Madhya Pradesh

Reported in : AIR2000MP56

..... . taking into consideration the implications arising under articles 329(b) and 225 of the constitution of india and sections 80 and 87 of the representation of the people act, 1951, as well as the implications arising under the authorisation provided vide the notification dated 18-9-1971 issued in exercise of the ..... in the circumstances, taking into account in the implications arising under article 329(b) of the constitution of india read with section 80 of the representation of the people act, 1951, relating to election petitions prescribing the manner for presentation of the election petition by necessary implication stand clothed with such a statutory character ..... 1956, the high court of madhya pradesh had framed the rules relating to the election petitions presented before it as provided under the provisions of the representation of the people act. 1951. these rules were published in the madhya pradesh gazette extraordinary dated 22-2-1967. rule 2 of the aforesaid rules provides as under .....

Jai Bhansingh Pawaiya Vs. Madhavrao and ors.

Court : Madhya Pradesh

Reported in : AIR2000MP111; 2000(1)MPHT348

..... which govern the election petitions, no other rules are applicable.28. as has already been noticed herelnabove, the provisions contained insection 87 of the representation of the people act, 1951, mandates that subject to the provisions of the said act and of any rules made thereunder, every election petition shall be tried ..... in the circumstances, taking into account the implications arising under article 329(b) of the constitution of india read with section 80 of the representation of the people act, 1951, relating to election petitions prescribing the manner for presentation of the election petition by necessary implication stand clothed with such a statutory character ..... , the high court of madhya pradesh had framed the rules relating to the election petitions presented before it as provided under the provisions of the representation of the people act, 1951. these rules were published in the madhya pradesh gazette extraordinary dated 22-2-1967. rule 2 of the aforesaid rules provides as .....

Laxmi Narayan Nayak Vs. Ramratan Chaturvedi and ors.

Court : Madhya Pradesh

Reported in : AIR1986MP165; 1986MPLJ261

..... is that it does not lie. however, the former view, was adopted.although, in gujarat and madras high courts, all the relevant provisions of the representation of the people act, 1951 (hereinafter referred to as the 'act'), have been taken into consideration, yet thereafter, it has been held that appeal lies under letters patent ..... excluded.the supreme court in n.p. ponnuswami v. the ' returning officer, namakkal constituency, namakkal, salem dist., air 1952 sc 64 held that representation of the people apt is a self-contained enactment so far as elections are concerned, which means that whenever we have to ascertain the true position in regard to any ..... patent appeals samapti) adhiniyam, 1981, abolishing letters patent appeals.18. there are conflicting views on this question. according to one set of decisions, the representation of the people act, 1951, is a self-contained code which has created liability not existing at common law and at the same time gives a special remedy for enforcing .....

Amaravila Krishnan Nair Vs. the Election Commissioner of India, New De ...

Court : Kerala

Reported in : AIR1972Ker5

..... in a writ application to give a declaration that the electoral rolls have been prepared in substantial violation of the material provisions of the representation of the people act 1950 and give appropriate consequential directions.17. the learned advocate general submitted that the petitioner has no locus standi to maintain this petition ..... of election. the act provides for allocation of seats, delimitation of constituencies, qualification of voters, preparation of electoral rolls and other matters. the representation of the people act 1951, on the other hand, provides for conduct of elections to the houses of parliament and to the houses of the legislature of each ..... proper revision of the electoral rolls for the assembly constituencies in kerala state in conformity with the provisions contained in section 21 of the representation of the people act of 1951 before holding the general elections for the legislative assembly of the kerala state.'15. the learned advocate general, appearing for .....

Pon Paramaguru, Director General of Police (Retd.) Vs. State of Tamil ...

Court : Chennai

Reported in : 2006(2)CTC241; (2006)3MLJ129

..... elections, is carried out by the designated officers of the state governments concerned. it is felt that the provisions of the representation of the people act, 1950 and the representation of the people act, 1951, in this regard should be clearly defined so that during the relevant period, these officers would, while discharging functions ..... is also to be noted that in the counter affidavit of the election commission reference has been made to section 13cc of the representation of the people act, 1950.21. the representation of the people act, 1950, hereinafter referred to as r.p.act, 1950, is an act to, inter alia, provide for the ..... various powers relating to control of the election commission over any particular civil servant are covered by various provisions contained in the representation of the people act, 1950 and the representation of the people act, 1951 and other statutory rules and the election commission can exercise its authority only within the parameters of such provisions .....

Nirmalendu Banikya Vs. the Returning Officer and ors.

Court : Guwahati

..... by this order. 5. main contention in the above petition is that the election petition does not disclose any cause of action as required under the provisions of the representation of the people act, 1951 and election symbol (reservation and allotment) order, 1968, as well as, conduct of election rules, 1961. referring to provisions of para 13 of the ..... the election. it has been alleged thatthe refusal to allot the said symbol amounts to non-compliance of the provision of section 100(d) (iv) of the representation of the people act, and as such the election of the respondent no. 2 is liable to be declared void. according to petitioner due to fighting of election as an ..... time. 2. the respondent no. 2 has filed the present petition under order vii, rule 11, c.p.c. read with sections 86 and 87 of the representation of the people act, 1951 praying, inter alia, that the election petition may be dismissed/ rejected. 3. from the election petition it appears that the above constituency was a reserved .....

Sadasheo Jagannath Barapatre Vs. Hemaji Hiraman Bakde

Court : Mumbai

Reported in : AIR1958Bom507; (1959)61BOMLR1141; ILR1958Bom1361

..... provinces and berar municipalities act and it raises a somewhat interesting and important question as to the construction, and effect of section 74(2) of the representation of the people (second amendment) act (central act 27 of 1956).2. the question arises in the following circumstances. the applicant sadasheo jagannath barapatre had at one ..... imposed under law relating to ejections to state legislatures or houses of parliament. mr. kulkarni then invited attention to the provisions of section 74 of the representation of the people (second amendment) act, 1956 (27 of 1956) and ho urged that by virtue of section 74 (2) the alleged disqualification against the applicant ..... had ceased consequent upon the repeal or section 143 of the representation of the people act of 1951, and therefore the civil judge was in error in holding the applicant disqualified on that ground.10. to the second contention raised .....

Khaje Khanavar Khadskhan Hushenkhan and anr. Vs. Siddavanhalli Nijalin ...

Court : Karnataka

Reported in : AIR1968Kant18; AIR1968Mys18

..... in the employment of the state government, assistance in such a way as to amount to a corrupt practice under sub-section (7) of section 123 of the representation of the people act.(5) there were at the same election seven other candidates, namely, (1) basvantrao bullappamamle desai (2) ramchandra chikke patil (3) mallasarjagouda gurupadgouda patil ( ..... for the first respondent suffered from certain fatal infirmities.one of them is alleged non-payment of the deposit as required under s. 34 of the representation of the people act. the first respondent is an elector not in shiggaon constituency but in the chitradurga constituency. it was therefore necessary to produce before the returning ..... the name of the first respondent was enclosed with the nomination paper that the requisite sum had been duly deposited under s. 34 of the representation of the people act, that the first respondent did solemnly affirm in accordance with the law before him on 21-1-1967 before the scrutiny or his nomination .....