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Sandipan Bhagwant Thorat Vs. Ramdas Bandu Athavale

Court : Mumbai

Reported in : AIR2002Bom110; 2002(1)BomCR168; (2002)1BOMLR498; 2002(1)MhLj754

..... or the sikh religionshall be deemed to be a member of a scheduled caste.) section 3 of the representation of the people act, 1950 :-- allocation of seats in the house of the people. -- the allocation ofseats to the states in the house of the people and the number of seats,if any, to be reserved for the scheduled castes and for the ..... orderd.k. deshmukh, j. 1. this petition has been filed under the provisions of section 81 of the representation of the people act, 1951, challenging the election of the respondent as a member of the lok sabha from the pandharpur constituency, which is reserved for the candidates belonging to the scheduled ..... belongs to scheduled caste, the petitioner knew that the 1990 amendment was brought about to extend the benefits which are available to the members of the scheduled castes to the people like the respondent. still he filed this petition. the conduct of the petitioner of filing this petition and pursuing it, cannot be said to be either reasonable or .....

Dharampal Singh and ors. Vs. Smt. Jasma Devi, M.L.A.

Court : Punjab and Haryana

Reported in : AIR1989P& H64

..... election petitioner to make out a strong case for setting aside an election. in our country election is a fairly costly and expensive venture and the representation of the people act has provided sufficient safeguards to make the elections fair and free. in these circumstances, therefore, election results cannot be lightly brushed aside in election ..... security, certificate of oath and notice for scrutiny which was to take place on 26-5-1987. the returning officer under section 33(4) of the representation of the people act, 1951 (for short 'the act') is mandatorily required tosatisfy himself that the name and electoral roll numbers of the candidate and his proposer as ..... stage of scrutiny. it is indeed surprising that before scrutiny was done and the nomination papers were accepted by the returning officer, the two candidates and people interested in them went away from the place of scrutiny and did not remain available to the returning officer. in the circumstances, if the nomination papers .....

Mohd. YasIn Shah Vs. Ali Akbar Khan

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR1976SC1866; (1977)2SCC23; [1976]SuppSCR1

..... the election petitioner to make out a strong case for setting aside an election. in our country election is a fairly costly and expensive venture and the representation of the people act has provided sufficient safeguards to make the elections fair and free. in these circumstances, therefore, election results cannot be lightly brushed aside in election disputes.6 ..... was illegally rejected the election of the appellant was void and was liable to be set aside under section 108(1) (c) of the jammu and kashmir representation of the people act--hereinafter referred to as 'the act', as amended upto date.4. in support of the appeal mr. altaf ahmed learned counsel for the appellant who was ..... of his absence which was not a lawful ground on which the nomination paper could have been rejected under section 47(2) of the jammu & kashmir representation of the people act. on the question of the overwriting the learned judge held that there was no doubt that there was overwriting on the signature of p.w. 1 .....

S.S. Dhanoa Vs. Union of India and Others

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR1991SC1745; JT1991(3)SC290; 1991(2)SCALE205; (1991)3SCC567; [1991]3SCR159a; 1991(2)LC555(SC)

..... and of elections to the offices of the president and vice-president are vested in the election commission. the relevant provisions of the representation of the people act, 1950 and of the representation of the people act, 1951 further show that various functions are entrusted to, and powers are conferred upon, the commission in the matter of ..... by the same government or the earlier government, it loses its face. nothing can be farther from reality. in a democratic regime, the government represents the people. it adds to its respectability and credibility, if the government also owns its mistakes frankly. the truth of the matter as is apparent from the record is ..... is so appointed the chief election commissioner shall act as the chairman of the election commission.(4) before each general election to the house of the people and to the legislative assembly of each state, and before the first general election and thereafter before each biennial election to the legislative council of each .....

S.K. Sambandhan Vs. Election Tribunal, Madras and ors.

Court : Chennai

Reported in : AIR1954Mad231; (1953)2MLJ483

..... that is based on the language of the notification dated 10-3-1952 which runs as follows:"in exercise of the powers conferred by section 169 of the representation of the people act, 1951 (43 of 1951) the central government....hereby directs that the following further amendments shall be made....."the argument for the petitioner is that the central ..... state legislative assembly, at an election held on 27-3-1953. on 4-3-1953 the governor of madras issued a notification under section 18(1)(b), representation of the people act (43 of 1951) hereinafter referred to as the act calling upon the members of the legislative assembly to elect 24 members to the legislative council. the ..... change that was introduced by the new rules. both under the old and the new rules the election to the legislative council is based on the principle of proportional representation by means of a single transferable vote. rules 96 and 97 of the old rules are as follows: "96. counting of votes: the returning officer shall then .....

Election Commission of IndiA. Vs. Telengana Rastra Samiti and ors.

Court : Supreme Court of India

..... occurrence of the vacancy.22. the rival contentions on the issue under consideration have been occasioned by the introduction of section 151a in part ix of the representation of the people act, 1951, with effect from 1st august, 1996. part ix of the said act which deals exclusively with bye- elections contains section 147 and sections ..... 1967 sc 1211 = 1967 (2) scr 489], held that the submissions made on behalf of the election commission that the provisions of section 151a of the representation of the people act, 1951, should be interpreted so as not to render sections 84, 98 and 101 otiose, was unsustainable. it was also held that a court should ..... allowed by the high court by its impugned judgment by applying the literal rule of interpretation. it was held that the provisions of section 151a of the representation of the people act, 1951, hereinafter referred to as `the 1951 act', were mandatory and that the pendency of election petitions and the uncertain consequences that might follow .....

Rajendra Prasad JaIn Vs. Sheel Bhadra Yajee and ors.

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR1967SC1445; 1967(0)BLJR718; 1967CriLJ1218; [1967]3SCR19

..... succeed in his objective. the offer of bribery in the manner proved in this case, in our opinion, clearly satisfies the requirements of section 123 of the representation of the people act. the decision of the high court upholding that of the election tribunal seeking aside the election of the appellant to the rajya sabha was, therefore, right ..... consider existence of a contract for supply of goods in connection with deciding the disqualification of a candidate as set out in s. 7(d) of the representation of the people act, 1951. the court in dealing with this aspect, distinguished between a contract for purposes of the contract act and a contract for purpose of the election ..... it is a legal offence, although these cases have been spoken of as being an inferior class by reason of the difficulty of proof, from the possibility of people being mistaken in their accounts of conversations in which offers were made whereas there can be no mistake as to the actual payment of money. ' in england, thus .....

Kapil Muni Karwariya Vs. Chandra NaraIn Tripathi.

Court : Supreme Court of India

..... the election to the aforesaid 51-phulpur parliamentary constituency as a candidate of krantikari jai hind sena, which is an unrecognized political party. accordingly, under section 33 of the representation of the people act, 1951, his nomination paper was required to be subscribed by ten (10) proposers. his nomination paper was found to be defective, inasmuch as, the name of the second ..... petition no.1 of 2009, filed by the respondent herein, shri chandra narayan tripathi @ chandu tripathi, in connection with the said election, under sections 80, 80a/81 of the representation of the people act, 1951, for a declaration that the election of shri kapil muni karwaria as a member of parliament from 51-phulpur parliamentary constituency of district allahabad be set aside .....

K.K. Somanathan Vs. K.K. Ramachandran Master and ors.

Court : Kerala

Reported in : AIR1988Ker259

..... given in the petition to the instructions given by the election commission in the handbook indicates that the petitioner has gone under the wrong impression that independent of the representation of the people act and rules, violation of those instructions are grounds for setting aside an election. such instructions cannot override the provisions of the act and rules and they cannot enlarge ..... section 123(1)(a) or section 123(2) the ingredients are not attracted. if a minister or an influential politician redresses the grievances of a class of the public or people of a locality or renders them any help or does some developmental activity in the constituency on the eve of the election, it is not a corrupt practice unless there .....

Kashi Nath Pandey Vs. Shibban Lal Saxena and ors.

Court : Allahabad

Reported in : AIR1959All54

..... elector in constituency and was merely a candidate for election from this constituency. further questioned, learned counsel conceded that, under section 81 of the representation of the people act, two candidates could file a joint election petition against a successful candidate and similarly two electors could file a joint election petition against a successful ..... the application for substitution presented by opposite party no. 1 was filed beyond the period of limitation prescribed by section 110(3)(c) of the representation of the people act. when this petition was argued before us, learned counsel for the petitioner admitted that he was unable to support the 1st ground relating ..... which later held sittings at sitapur. on 9-10-1957 sri kapildeo presented an application for withdrawal of the election petition under section 109 of the representation of the people act (act xliii of 1951). on 28-11-1957, opposite party no. 1 filed an objection against that application for withdrawal. on 16-12- .....