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Result of the election

Result of the election, the expression 'the result of the election' in s. 100(1)(c), unless there is some-thing in the context compelling a different inter-pretation, be construed in the same sense as in s. 66, and...

Retainer

authorisation for a lawyer to act in a case. 2. A fee paid to lawyer to secure legal representation, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1317.

Returned candidate

Returned candidate, means a candidate whose name has been published under section 67 as duly elected. [Representation of the People Act, 1951 (43 of 1951), s. 79(f)]

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Returned candidate and contesting candidate

Returned candidate and contesting candidate, a returned candidate is one who has been elected and a contesting candidate is one who has not withdrawn his candidature under s. 37, Har Swarup v. Brij Bhusan Saran, AIR...

Returning Officer

Returning Officer, the official who conducts an election. The Representation of the People Act, 1918, s. 28, provides that in parliamentary elections the sheriff shall be the returning

Revising Barristers' Courts

appeal lay on a point of law to the High Court. These courts were finally abolished by the Representation of the People Act, 1918, which repealed the statutes under which they existed (Sch. VIII.).

Rule of law

endowed wide powers to the High Courts and the Supreme Court under Art. 32 and 226 for the representation of the rule of law, State of Uttar Pradesh v. Mohd. Nooh, 1958 SCR 595. The rule of

Scandal

the cause the party has a right to plead it. It may often be necessary to charge false representations fraud and immorality, and the pleadings will not be open to the objection of scandal, if the facts

Burgessess

a borough or walled town; sometimes restricted to the magistrates, etc., of corporate towns, and sometimes to the representatives of a borough in the Commons House of Parliament; in and for the purposes of the (English) Municipal

Sign

Sign, in relation to person who is unable to write his name, means to authenticate in such manner as may be prescribed. [West Bengal Panchayat Election Act, 2003, s. 2(24)] Sign, where a person is unable...

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