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Sadhu Singh S. Jiwan Singh Vs. Shamsher Singh Josh and ors.

Court : Punjab and Haryana

Reported in : AIR1965P& H457

..... tribunal. after going through the evidence and the judgment of the learned tribunal. in common with court s of appeal this court also under s. 116a of the representation of the people act does not reverse conclusions of fact based on oral evidence merely on the ground that a different conclusion than the one arrived at by the election tribunal might ..... for communal or religious elections in our set-up. but we are here only concerned with the intention of the parliament in enacting s. 123(3) of the representation of the people act, and this provision only taboos appeal for a vote on the ground of the candidate's religion or language, and if the appeal does not encroach on the ..... for this reason he is now estopped from urging to the contrary.(7) the respondent has, on the other hand, contended that what s. 123(3) of the representation of the people act obits at is an appeal to vote or to refrain from voting on the ground of the candidate's religion, community or language etc, and not merely on .....

Dharmarao S/O Bhagwantrao Atram Vs. Returning Officer

Court : Mumbai

Reported in : (1980)82BOMLR544

..... decision of returning officer accepting or rejecting the nomination paperi have examined this nomination paper in accordance with section 36 of the representation of the people act, 1951, and decide as follows :date........ (returning officer)* score out the word not applicable.. (perforation)...receipt for ..... paper.16. before considering this argument, it would be worthwhile to enumerate the relevant provisions of the constitution and the representation of the people act, 1951. article 173 of the constitution, which prescribes qualification for membership of the state legislature, reads as follows ..... in the sironcha (scheduled tribe reserved) constituency of the maharashtra legislative assembly, has filed this petition under section 81 of the representation of the people act, 1951, challenging the election of respondent no. 2 penta rama talandi to the maharashtra legislative assembly from sironcha constituency, .....

Kannada Nadu Party Vs. the Election Commission of India and ors.

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 .....

Pannalal S.S. Vs. Hitendra Vishnu Thakur

Court : Mumbai

Reported in : 1996(4)BomCR74; (1996)98BOMLR218

..... that for want of particulars of corrupt practices, the petition is not maintainable and liable to be rejected at the threshold.section 83(1)(b) of the representation of the people act, 1951 reads as follows :---'83. contents of petition---(1) an election petition---(b) shall set forth full particulars of any corrupt practice that the ..... that though particulars are lacking in the election petition, he will furnish it by filing an application for amendment and placed reliance on section 86(5) of the representation of the people act, which no doubt provides for amendment of an election petition. he also relied on : [1971]1scr8 d.p. mishra v. kamal narayan sharma and ..... view of my conclusion that the election petition does not contain the necessary particulars as per the mandatory provisions of section 83(1)(b) of the representation of the people act, the election petition has to fail.there is also no sufficient material to show as to how the respondent's election has been materially affected .....

Jan Chaukidar (Peoples Watch) Through Its Convenor Basant Kumar Chaudh ...

Court : Patna

..... v. union of india and anr., (supra) this is stated very clearly; 'the disability which is imposed under section 62(5) of the representation of the people act is equally applicable to all persons similarly situate mentioned therein and they are even prevented from contesting the election or offering themselves as candidates for such ..... kumar shastri v. union of india and anr., the supreme court observe :-- 'the disability which is imposed under section 62(5) of the representation of the people act is equally applicable to all persons similarly situate mentioned therein and they are even prevented from contesting the election or offering themselves as candidates for ..... a politician with criminal antecedents, though to a certain extent they may suffer the situation. the law specifically provides for keeping criminals away from the representation of people, in the forums of legislature and parliament. if anyone has any suggestion that there is a pface for all in the legislature, then the court .....

Krishnamoorthy Vs. Sivakumar and ors.

Court : Chennai

Reported in : (2009)5MLJ1255

..... wrong or false information. the proviso thereunder enabled the returning officer to conduct a summary enquiry in terms of section 36(2) of the representation of the people act, 1951, if the information furnished in the affidavit is considered to be wrong or incomplete or amounting to suppression of material information, as ..... required to revise its instructions in the light of directions issued in association for democratic reforms case : [2002]3scr696 and as provided under the representation of the people act and its third amendment.28. in their separate judgments, hon'ble justices p. venkatarama reddy and d.m. dharmadhikari, did not touch ..... directions can only cover the areas unoccupied by legislation. the qualifications and disqualifications of candidates contesting for elections are prescribed statutorily, (i) by the representation of the people act in respect of elections to state legislatures and the parliament and (ii) by the state legislatures in respect of elections to local bodies. .....

Pottekkat Krishnan Sukumaran Vs. Kunjuvareed Josheph Mundasseri

Court : Kerala

Reported in : AIR1959Ker120

..... , ernakulam, by its order dated the 11th november, 1957. it is the correctness of that order that is challenged by this appeal under section 116a of the representation of the people act, 1951.2. there were three contesting candidates, the petitioner (congress), the respondent (communist) and one govindankutty nair (p. s. p.) who has not ..... 117, and the said contention derived support from the fact that the word used was 'may' and not 'shall' in the corresponding provision in the representation of the people act, 1951, as it stood before the amendments effected by act 27 of 1956 'notwithstanding anything contained in section 85, the tribunal may dismiss an election ..... challenged by counsel for the appellant who took us through the entire evidence bearing on the subject.15. pandit and mathur analyse section 123(4) ot the representation of the people act, 1951, in their law of elections and election petitions in india (second edition, page 310) as follows :'in the definition under section 123(4 .....

Ram Phal Raghu Nath Sahai Vs. Braham Parkash and ors.

Court : Punjab and Haryana

Reported in : AIR1962P& H129

..... both of bribery and undue influence but a little later he restricted his contention only to undue influence. 'undue influence' as defined in section 123 of the representation of the people act, 1951, is in the following terms:'123. corrupt practices. the following shall be deemed to be corrupt practices for the purposes of this act: xxx ..... be able to prove the commission of this corrupt practice by any agent or any other person). were rules 18(2), 56(iii)(d) of the representation of the people (conduct of election and election petitions) rules, 1956, not complied with at the election and was the result of the election as regards the returned candidate ..... the petition were defective inasmuch as they could be opened without breaking the petitioner, amounted to non-compliance with the provisions of rule 18(2) of the representation of the people (conduct of elections and election petition) rules, 1956.(9) i have only mentioned the corrupt practices which have been argued and pressed before us by .....

Ms. Krishna Mohini Vs. Mohinder Nath Sofat

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR2000SC317; JT1999(8)SC379; 1999(6)SCALE616; (2000)1SCC145; [1999]Supp4SCR76

..... 2, 'political party' means an association or body of individual citizens of india registered with the commission as a political party under section 29a of the representation of the people act, 1951. the scheme of the symbols order shows that it does not deal with unregistered political parties. it deals with registered political parties by sub ..... singh have been wrongly and improperly rejected and the election of respondent no. 1 is liable to be declared void under section 100(1)(c) of the representation of people act? opp4. whether the nomination papers of jagdish chand bhardwaj were wrongly accepted and the result of election has been materially affected thereby? opp5. relief-12 ..... of nomination paper of jagdish chander bhardwaj. the two grounds were covered by section 100(1)(c) and section 100(1)(d)(i) of the representation of the people act, 1951(hereinafter referred to as the 'act', for short). both the pleas have prevailed with the learned designated election judge of the high court .....

Veerappa Shiddalingappa Virupathi and ors. Vs. State of Mysore and ors ...

Court : Karnataka

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 .....