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a : a report of the results of balloting [election s] b : an official declaration of the election of a candidate [each house shall be the judge of the elections, s, and qualifications of its own

Corruptly

not the offeror intended to follow it through, R. v. Smith, (1960) 2 QB 423. See BRIBE AND ELECTION PETITIONS; and con-sult Archbold, Crim. Pleading and Practice, tit, 'Corrupt, etc., Practices at Elections,' and Fraser on Parliamentary

Joining together

things, often with a loss of distinction of elements that completely merge with one another, Ramashankar Kaushik v. Election Commission of India, AIR 1974 SC 445: (1974) 1 SCC 271. [Election Symbols (Reservations and Allot-ment Order, 1968,

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Sedition

of 1799, political meetings of more than fifty persons within one mile of Westminster Hall, except for parliamentary election purposes, are declared unlawful on any day on which Parliament is sitting. By s. 25 of the Act

Zilla Parishads Act

the Maharashtra Zilla Parishads and Panchayat Samitis Act, 1961. [Maharashtra Zilla Parishad and Panchayat Samitis Temporary Postponement of Elections (of the President, Vice-President and Chairmen of Subject Committees of Certain Zilla Parishads and Chairmen and Deputy-Chairmen of

Zilla Parishad

a Zilla Parishad constituted under the Zilla Parishads Act. [Maharashtra Zilla Parishad and Panchayat Samitis Temporary Post-ponement of Elections (of the President, Vice-President and Chairmen of Subject Committees of Certain Zilla Parishads and Chairmen and Deputy Chairmen

Unused

Unused, the word 'unused' in the context means that which 'was made available for use in the election but remained unused in the election', Suresh Prasad Yadav v. Jai Prakash Mishra, (1975) 4 SCC 822: AIR

Trial

the trial of a controversy that arises from an issue. It may equally mean the trial of an election petition or a complaint or an action from beginning to end, H.V. Kamath v. Election Tribunal, AIR 1958

To stand or not to stand as a candidate

candidate, a person who has been or claims to have been duly nominated as a candidate as any election and any such person shall be deemed to have been a candidate as from the time when, with

Temporal termini

329(b) a blanket ban on all manner of question which may have impact on ultimate result of the election, arising between two temporal termini viz:-The notification by president calling for the election and the declaration of result

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