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Anukul Chandra Pradhan, Advocate, Supreme Court Vs. Union of India and ...

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR1997SC2814; 1997(1)ALD(Cri)139; JT1997(6)SC86; 1997(4)SCALE455; (1997)6SCC1; [1997]Supp1SCR641

..... constituency. sub-section (2) debars a person from voting at the election if he is subject to any of the disqualifications referred to in section 16 of the representation of the people act, 1950, which deals with disqualifications for registration in an electoral roll. sub-section (3) forbids every person from voting in more than one constituency of the ..... constituency.(2) no person shall vote at an election in any constituency if he is subject to any of the disqualifications referred to in section 16 of the representation of the people act, 1950 (43 of 1950).(3) no person shall vote at a general election in more than one constituency of the same class, and if a person ..... .s. verma, cji.1. by this petition under article 32 of the constitution challenge is made to the constitutional validity of sub-section (5) of section 62 of the representation of the people act, 1951. section 62 relates to right to vote and is as under :62. right to vote. - (1) no person who is not, and except as expressly .....

K.Surendran Vs. Election Commission of India

Court : Kerala

..... to present impersonation of electors and facilitate their identification at the time of poll and eliminate bogus entries from the electoral roll and the provisions of representation of people act and rules like the registration of electors rules, 1960, the conduct of election rules, 1960 and the orders issued by the election commission ..... c specifically stipulates that any unauthorised distribution/possession of photo voter slips (election material) shall be considered as violation of the relevant provisions of the representation of people act, 1951 and the indian penal code and is punishable with imprisonment or fine or both and that instructions to that effect may be printed on ..... india or whether the challenge can successfully attract any of the provisions in section 100, more particularly, section 100(1)(d)(iv) of the representation of people act etc. could be examined in election petitions that are instituted strictly in terms of the provisions of the said act. section 116a provides for .....

Polaki Kotesam and ors. Vs. S.M. Patnaik, I.A.S. Registration Officer ...

Court : Orissa

Reported in : AIR1954Ori87

..... nomination of sri gadi nara-yanamurty but that they were challenging the revised electoral roll in contravention of the provisions of r. 22 of the representation of the people (preparation of electoral rolls) rules.this argument cannot, however, bear scrutiny. the time for challenging the validity of the revised electoral roll had ..... right to exercise their franchise provided their names are found in the electoral roll of their constituency. if they are deprived of this right the representation of the people (preparation of electoral rolls) rules prescribe the necessary procedure for rectifying the omission. but the petitioner's right to vote for a particular candidate ..... subsequent to the draft publication of the electoral roll on the 7th august, 1952, to have their names included into. rule 10 of the representation of the people (preparation of electoral rolls) rules 1950 lays down that simultaneously with the draft publication of the electoral roll, a notice shall be published calling .....

Arvind Kejriwal Vs. Directorate Of Enforcement

Court : Supreme Court of India

..... of the doe: (i) in anukul chandra pradhan v. union of india and others12, this court rejected the constitutional challenge to sub-section (5) to section 62 of the representation of the people act, 1951, observing that the right to vote is not a constitutional right, and that the right can be curtailed. interestingly, the proviso to the said sub-section states .....

Manoj Dubey Vs. Election Commission of India and ors.

Court : Allahabad

Reported in : AIR2002All167

..... commission and urged that the election commission has been vested with wide and plenary power under article 324 of the constitution read with section 61 of the representation of people act, 1951 to issue instructions or guidelines to prevent impersonation of electors. he has however, submitted that he already advised the election commission of india that ..... same cannot be challenged. mr. s. p. gupta is however fair enough to submit that right to vote to specifically provided under section 62 of the representation of people act, 1951 and that can never be curtailed by any other procedure. the procedure prescribed by notification is only for the purpose of preventing impersonation in voting ..... (2) no person shall vote at an election in any constituency if he is subject to any of the disqualifications referred to in section 16 of the representation of the people act, 1950 (43 of 1950). (3) no person shall vote at a general election in more than one constituency of the same class, and if .....

Anilbhai Natubhai Patel Vs. Jayrajbhai Jayantibhai Patel and 7 ors.

Court : Gujarat

Reported in : (2006)2GLR1233

..... 101 thereof. in fact where there are specific statutory provisions providing for the forum and remedy for deciding election disputes, the provisions of the representation of the people act may not even apply. however, the gujarat municipalities act and the rules for electing president and vice president of the municipalities do ..... the petitioner that these applications are in the nature of recrimination applications for supporting the elected candidate as contemplated by section 97 of the representation of the people act, 1951. it is, therefore, necessary to decide these applications first.31. having carefully gone through the said applications and having heard ..... have opposed their applications and submitted that these applications are in the nature of recrimination application similar to application under section 97 of the representation of the people act, 1951. it is, however, submitted that admittedly these two applicants were neither arrested by the police nor were they prevented by .....

Smt. P. Sharadamma and anr. Vs. Sri Marithibbegowda

Court : Karnataka

Reported in : ILR2007KAR5233; 2007(4)KCCRSN314.

..... what he has stated in the statement of objections filed to the election petition.2. the petitioners have preferred this election petition under section 81 of the representation of people act, 1951, (hereinafter for short referred to as 'the act') for a declaration that the election of respondent sri marithibbegowda from karnataka south teachers ..... the entire election. the election is liable to be declared as invalid for not complying with article 171 of the constitution, and section 27 of the representation of people act.6. it is further contended that the election to the legislative council is vitiated by permitting several ineligible voters to exercise their franchise. the ..... the electoral roll of the respective constituencies in gujarat and as they were not 'electors' within the meaning of section 2(1)(e) of the representation of the people act, 1951, they were not eligible to become candidates in the election. after referring to the various judgments of the supreme court it has held .....

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 .....

Supreme Court Advocates-On-Record Association and Anr. Vs. Union of In ...

Court : Supreme Court of India

..... does not arise. it was submitted, that in the instant judgment also, this court had independently examined, whether the legislative enactment in question, namely, the representation of the people (amendment) act 40 of 2003, indeed violated the basic structure of the constitution. and in so determining, concluded that the question of residence was not a ..... a series of bills, to invalidate the judgment rendered by this court in the jan choukidar case87. this was sought to be done by passing the representation of the people (amendment and validation) act, 2013, within three months of the rendering of the above judgment. it was submitted, that it was wholly misconceived for ..... v. jan chaukidar[87].. it was pointed out, that in the former judgment, this court held as invalid and unconstitutional, section 8(4) of the representation of the people act, 1951, which provided inter alia, that a member of parliament convicted of an offence and sentenced to imprisonment for not less than two years, would .....

Shekhar Tiwari Vs. State of U.P. and ors.

Court : Allahabad

Reported in : 2009(4)AWC3181

..... constitution of india provides for disqualifications for membership. article 191 sub-clause (e) refers to disqualification by or under any law made by parliament. section 8 of the representation of the people act, 1951 provides for disqualification on conviction for certain offences (hereinafter called the 'act, 1951'). section 8 of the act, 1951 is not attracted in the present ..... such member, unless he is disqualified and for the relevant disqualifications, he has referred to the provisions of article 102 of the constitution and section 7 of the representation of the people act. let us take a case falling under section 7(b) of this act. it will be recalled that section 7(b) provides that if a person ..... , therefore, right of petitioner to liberty is concerned, the same cannot be pressed into service in this case.23. sub-clause (5) to section 62 of the representation of the people act, 1951 lays down that a person detained in prison has no right to vote.24. sub-clause (5) to section 62 of the .....