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Supreme Court (SC) Judgements on Representation of the People Act, 1951

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Representation of the People Act, 1951	Political and Election Laws

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A. Raja Vs. D. Kumar

Judgement Date : may/2025, Citation : 2025 Latest Caselaw 496 SC

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Vijay Bahadur Vs. Sunil Kumar & Ors.

Judgement Date : march/2025, Citation : 2025 Latest Caselaw 234 SC

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Independent Sugar Corporation Limited. Vs. Girish Sriram Juneja

Judgement Date : january/2025, Citation : 2025 Latest Caselaw 85 SC

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Mohd. Tahir Hussain Vs. State of NCT of Delhi

Judgement Date : january/2025, Citation : 2025 Latest Caselaw 73 SC

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Anjum Kadari & Anr. Vs. Union of India & Ors.

Judgement Date : november/2024, Citation : 2024 Latest Caselaw 683 SC

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Kimneo Haokip Hangshing Vs. Kenn Raikhan & Ors.

Judgement Date : september/2024, Citation : 2024 Latest Caselaw 579 SC

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A. B. Govardhan Vs. P. Ragothaman

Judgement Date : august/2024, Citation : 2024 Latest Caselaw 543 SC

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Arvind Kejriwal Vs. Directorate of Enforcement

Judgement Date : may/2024, Citation : 2024 Latest Caselaw 321 SC

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Association for Democratic Reforms Vs. Election Commission of India and Anr.

Judgement Date : april/2024, Citation : 2024 Latest Caselaw 275 SC

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Karikho Kri Vs. Nuney Tayang and Anr.

Judgement Date : april/2024, Citation : 2024 Latest Caselaw 222 SC

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Sita Soren Vs. Union of India

Judgement Date : march/2024, Citation : 2024 Latest Caselaw 135 SC

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Association for Democratic Reforms & Anr. Vs. Union of India & Ors.

Judgement Date : february/2024, Citation : 2024 Latest Caselaw 94 SC

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K. Babu Vs. M. Swaraj and Ors.

Judgement Date : february/2024, Citation : 2024 Latest Caselaw 86 SC

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K. Babu Vs. M. Swaraj and Ors.

Judgement Date : february/2024, Citation : 2024 Latest Caselaw 84 SC

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Afjal Ansari Vs. State of Uttar Pradesh

Judgement Date : december/2023, Citation : 2023 Latest Caselaw 927 SC

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Dasanglu Pul Vs. Lupalum Kri

Judgement Date : october/2023, Citation : 2023 Latest Caselaw 811 SC

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Thangjam Arunkumar Vs. Yumkham Erabot Singh & Ors.

Judgement Date : august/2023, Citation : 2023 Latest Caselaw 664 SC

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Senthilbalaji V. Vs. A.P. Geetha & Ors.

Judgement Date : may/2023, Citation : 2023 Latest Caselaw 511 SC

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Kanimozhi Karunanidhi Vs. A. Santhana Kumar & Ors.

Judgement Date : may/2023, Citation : 2023 Latest Caselaw 436 SC

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Haji Abdul Gani Khan & Anr. Vs. Union of India & Ors.

Judgement Date : february/2023, Citation : 2023 Latest Caselaw 101 SC

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Mahendra Pal vs Ram Dass Malanger And Ors

Judgement Date : october/1999, Citation : 1999 Latest Caselaw 433 SC

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Anushka Rengunthwar & Ors. Vs. Union of India & Ors.

Judgement Date : february/2023, Citation : 2023 Latest Caselaw 79 SC

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Ravi Namboothiri Vs. K.A. Baiju

Judgement Date : november/2022, Citation : 2022 Latest Caselaw 891 SC

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Mohd. Abdullah Azam Khan Vs. Nawab Kazim Ali Khan

Judgement Date : november/2022, Citation : 2022 Latest Caselaw 886 SC

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K. Madan Mohan Rao Vs. Bheemrao Baswanthrao Patil

Judgement Date : september/2022, Citation : 2022 Latest Caselaw 769 SC

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S. Rukmini Madegowda Vs. The State Election Commission

Judgement Date : september/2022, Citation : 2022 Latest Caselaw 719 SC

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Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay Vs. Union of India

Judgement Date : august/2022, Citation : 2022 Latest Caselaw 671 SC

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M/s. Apex Laboratories Pvt. Ltd. Vs. The Deputy Commissioner of Income Tax, Large Tax Payer Unit - II

Judgement Date : february/2022, Citation : 2022 Latest Caselaw 178 SC

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Ashish Shelar Vs. The Maharashtra Legislative Assembly

Judgement Date : january/2022, Citation : 2022 Latest Caselaw 90 SC

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Brajesh Singh Vs. Sunil Arora

Judgement Date : august/2021, Citation : 2021 Latest Caselaw 323 SC

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Dr. Jaishri Laxmanrao Patil Vs. The Chief Minister

Judgement Date : may/2021, Citation : 2021 Latest Caselaw 235 SC

Headnote :

The Constitution of India, 1950, specifically Articles 15(4), 16(4), and Article 342(A) in conjunction with Article 366(26c), as amended by the Constitution (102nd Amendment) Act, 2018, along with Articles 366(26C), 342A, 338B, and 342A, pertains to the reservation for citizens belonging to backward...

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Lok Prahari through its General Secretary S.N. Shukla IAS (Retd.) Vs. Union of India

Judgement Date : april/2021, Citation : 2021 Latest Caselaw 213 SC

Headnote :

The Constitution of India, 1950, Articles 32 and 224A, along with Section 8 of the Supreme Court of Judicature (Consolidation) Act, 1925, addresses the issue of the backlog of cases pending in High Courts. It has been determined that all parties involved should collaborate, and that retiring or reti...

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Association for Democratic Reforms Vs. Union of India

Judgement Date : march/2021, Citation : 2021 Latest Caselaw 172 SC

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A. Under Section 31 of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934, Section 29C of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, and Section 131 of the Income Tax Act, 1961, regarding Electoral Bonds - Stay - The petitioner claimed that the Electoral Bonds Scheme permits political party donors to remain anony...

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State of Goa Vs. Fouziya Imtiaz Shaikh

Judgement Date : march/2021, Citation : 2021 Latest Caselaw 141 SC

Headnote :

A. According to Article 243T, 243ZA, and 243ZG of the Constitution of India, and Section 10(1) of the Goa Municipalities Act, 1968, the State of Goa has published an amendment to Section 10(1) in the official gazette, which specifies that the notification for the reservation of wards must be issued...

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BENEDICT DENIS KINNY vs. TULIP BRIAN MIRANDA

Judgement Date : march/2020, Citation : 2020 Latest Caselaw 293 SC

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NOTICEThe High Court has the authority to issue interim orders in its writ jurisdiction to preserve the status quo, ensuring that the relief sought in the writ petition does not become ineffective by the time a final decision is reached.A. Under Section 5B of the Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act, 18...

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RAJENDRA K. BHUTTA vs. MAHARASHTRA HOUSING AND AREA DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY

Judgement Date : february/2020, Citation : 2020 Latest Caselaw 195 SC

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A. The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016, Section 14(1)(d), along with Sections 76 and 79 of the Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Act, 1976, pertains to a Tripartite Joint Development Agreement made between the Society, MHADA, and the Corporate Debtor for redevelopment purposes. A loan ag...

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DHEERAJ MOR vs. HON'BLE HIGH COURT OF DELHI

Judgement Date : february/2020, Citation : 2020 Latest Caselaw 184 SC

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IMPORTANTIndividuals serving in the judicial system are a distinct category compared to those eligible for appointment as District Judges after 7 years of practice as advocates.Judicial officers cannot claim eligibility for the District Judge positions that are reserved for direct recruitment from t...

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URMILA DEVI vs. BRANCH MANAGER, NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY LTD.

Judgement Date : january/2020, Citation : 2020 Latest Caselaw 95 SC

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IMPORTANTA cross objection by the claimant in response to the appeal filed by the insurance company against the award issued by the MACT is permissible.According to the Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 41 Rule 22, and the Bihar Motor Vehicle Rules, 1992, Rule 249(3), as well as the Motor Vehicle Ac...

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SATISH UKEY vs. DEVENDRA GANGADHARRAO FADNAVIS

Judgement Date : october/2019, Citation : 2019 Latest Caselaw 890 SC

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IMPORTANTIt is mandatory for candidates contesting elections to disclose information not only about cases where charges have been framed but also about cases where the Court has taken cognizance.A. According to Sections 33A and 125A of the Representation of The People Act, 1951, and Rule 4A of the C...

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Nitin Bandopant Salagre v. State Election Commission

Judgement Date : august/2019, Citation : 2019 Latest Caselaw 645 SC

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A. According to Section 34 of the Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act, 1888, in the event of a casual vacancy for a Councillor due to the disqualification of the returned candidate, if there is another candidate who can be considered elected in place of the returned candidate, a date for a new election...

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Public Interest Foundation & Ors. Vs. Union of India & ANR. [September 25, 2018]

Judgement Date : september/2018, Citation : 2018 Latest Caselaw 706 SC

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Janabai Vs. Additional Commissioner and Others [September 19, 2018]

Judgement Date : september/2018, Citation : 2018 Latest Caselaw 664 SC

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Shailesh Manubhai Parmar Vs. Election Commission of India Through The Chief Election Commissioner & Ors. [AUGUST 21, 2018]

Judgement Date : august/2018, Citation : 2018 Latest Caselaw 585 SC

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Government of NCT of Delhi Vs. Union of India & Another [JULY 04, 2018]

Judgement Date : july/2018, Citation : 2018 Latest Caselaw 436 SC

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Kalpana Mehta and others Vs. Union of India and others [MAY 09, 2018]

Judgement Date : may/2018, Citation : 2018 Latest Caselaw 359 SC

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Pramod Laxman Gudadhe Vs. Election Commission of India and Ors. [May 09, 2018]

Judgement Date : may/2018, Citation : 2018 Latest Caselaw 356 SC

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Ram Pal Singh Vs. State of U.P. & Ors. [April 24, 2018]

Judgement Date : april/2018, Citation : 2018 Latest Caselaw 324 SC

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Madiraju Venkata Ramana Raju Vs. Peddireddigari Ramachandra Reddy & Ors. [March 21, 2018]

Judgement Date : march/2018, Citation : 2018 Latest Caselaw 193 SC

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Lok Prahari, Through Its General Secretary S.N. Shukla Vs. Union of India & Others [February 16, 2018]

Judgement Date : february/2018, Citation : 2018 Latest Caselaw 121 SC

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Sagar Pandurang Dhundare Vs. Keshav Aaba Patil and Others [November 13, 2017]

Judgement Date : november/2017, Citation : 2017 Latest Caselaw 798 SC

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Ms. Eera Through Dr. Manjula Krippendorf Vs. State (Govt. of NCT of Delhi) & ANR. [July 21, 2017]

Judgement Date : july/2017, Citation : 2017 Latest Caselaw 496 SC

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Kameng Dolo Vs. Atum Welly [May 09, 2017]

Judgement Date : may/2017, Citation : 2017 Latest Caselaw 422 SC

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National Securities Depository Ltd. Vs. Securities and Exchange Board of India [March 7, 2017]

Judgement Date : march/2017, Citation : 2017 Latest Caselaw 204 SC

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Kuldeep Singh Pathania Vs. Bikram Singh Jaryal [JANUARY 24, 2017]

Judgement Date : january/2017, Citation : 2017 Latest Caselaw 67 SC

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Abhiram Singh Vs. C.D. Commachen (Dead) by LRS. & Ors. [January 02, 2017]

Judgement Date : january/2017, Citation : 2017 Latest Caselaw 11 SC

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Sri Mairembam Prithviraj @ Prithviraj Singh Vs. Shri Pukhrem Sharatchandra Singh [October 28, 2016]

Judgement Date : october/2016, Citation : 2016 Latest Caselaw 777 SC

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Navjot Singh Sidhu Vs. Om Parkash Soni & Ors. [OCTOBER 26, 2016]

Judgement Date : october/2016, Citation : 2016 Latest Caselaw 768 SC

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Mohammad Sadique Vs. Darbara Singh Guru [April 29, 2016]

Judgement Date : april/2016, Citation : 2016 Latest Caselaw 328 SC

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Ajay Arjun Singh Vs. Sharadendu Tiwari & Others [March 15, 2016]

Judgement Date : march/2016, Citation : 2016 Latest Caselaw 236 SC

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Pankajakshi (Dead) Through L.Rs. & Others Vs. Chandrika & Others [February 25, 2016]

Judgement Date : february/2016, Citation : 2016 Latest Caselaw 188 SC

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Rajbala & Others Vs. State of Haryana & Others [December 10, 2015]

Judgement Date : december/2015, Citation : 2015 Latest Caselaw 810 SC

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Pukhrem Sharatchandra Singh Vs. Mairembam Prithviraj @ Prithibiraj Singh [October 01, 2015]

Judgement Date : october/2015, Citation : 2015 Latest Caselaw 652 SC

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Election Commission of India Vs. Bajrang Bahadur Singh & Others [April 9, 2015]

Judgement Date : april/2015, Citation : 2015 Latest Caselaw 281 SC

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Mohd. Akbar Vs. Ashok Sahu & Ors. [February 27, 2015]

Judgement Date : february/2015, Citation : 2015 Latest Caselaw 160 SC

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Madras Bar Association Vs. Union of India and another [September 25, 2014]

Judgement Date : september/2014, Citation : 2014 Latest Caselaw 621 SC

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Anvar P.V. Vs. P.K. Basheer and others [September 18, 2014]

Judgement Date : september/2014, Citation : 2014 Latest Caselaw 592 SC

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C.P. John Vs. Babu M. Palissery & Ors. [September 11, 2014]

Judgement Date : september/2014, Citation : 2014 Latest Caselaw 574 SC

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Ashraf Kokkur Vs. K.V. Abdul Khader Etc. [August 29, 2014]

Judgement Date : august/2014, Citation : 2014 Latest Caselaw 530 SC

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Manoj Narula Vs. Union of India [August 27, 2014]

Judgement Date : august/2014, Citation : 2014 Latest Caselaw 525 SC

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Balram Singh Yadav@ Balram Yadav Vs. Abhay Kumar Singh [May 13, 2014]

Judgement Date : may/2014, Citation : 2014 Latest Caselaw 364 SC

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Kisan Shankar Kathore Vs. Arun Dattatray Sawant & Ors. [May 9, 2014]

Judgement Date : may/2014, Citation : 2014 Latest Caselaw 362 SC

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Pravasi Bhalai Sangathan Vs. Union of India & Ors. [March 12, 2014]

Judgement Date : march/2014, Citation : 2014 Latest Caselaw 172 SC

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Arikala Narasa Reddy Vs. Venkata Ram Reddy Reddygari & ANR. [February 4, 2014]

Judgement Date : february/2014, Citation : 2014 Latest Caselaw 73 SC

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Dr. Subramanian Swamy Vs. Election Commission of India [OCTOBER 8, 2013]

Judgement Date : october/2013, Citation : 2013 Latest Caselaw 724 SC

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Peopleâ€™s Union for Civil Liberties & ANR. Vs. Union of India & ANR. [SEPTEMBER 27, 2013]

Judgement Date : september/2013, Citation : 2013 Latest Caselaw 690 SC

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Resurgence India Vs. Election Commission of India & ANR. [SEPTEMBER 13, 2013]

Judgement Date : september/2013, Citation : 2013 Latest Caselaw 648 SC

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Devendra Patel vs. Ram Pal Singh & Ors. [SEPTEMBER 6, 2013]

Judgement Date : september/2013, Citation : 2013 Latest Caselaw 619 SC

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Econ Antri Ltd. Vs. Rom Industries Ltd. & ANR. [AUGUST 26, 2013]

Judgement Date : august/2013, Citation : 2013 Latest Caselaw 581 SC

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Basant Kumar Chaudhary Vs. Union of India & Ors. [July 10, 2013]

Judgement Date : july/2013, Citation : 2013 Latest Caselaw 511 SC

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The Chief Election Commissioner Etc. Vs. Jan Chaukidar (Peoples Watch) & Ors. [July 10, 2013]

Judgement Date : july/2013, Citation : 2013 Latest Caselaw 510 SC

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Lily Thomas Vs. Union of India & Ors. [JULY 9, 2013]

Judgement Date : july/2013, Citation : 2013 Latest Caselaw 506 SC

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S. Subramaniam Balaji Vs. The Government of Tamil Nadu & Ors. [JULY 05, 2013]

Judgement Date : july/2013, Citation : 2013 Latest Caselaw 496 SC

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Smt. Neena Vikram Verma Vs. Balmukund Singh Gautam & Ors. [April 12, 2013]

Judgement Date : april/2013, Citation : 2013 Latest Caselaw 302 SC

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Budh Singh Vs. State of Haryana and ANR [March 11, 2013]

Judgement Date : march/2013, Citation : 2013 Latest Caselaw 184 SC

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G.M. Siddeshwar Vs. Prasanna Kumar [March 08, 2013]

Judgement Date : march/2013, Citation : 2013 Latest Caselaw 178 SC

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Mr. Justice Chandrashekaraiah (Retd.) Vs. Janekere C. Krishna & Ors. etc. [January 11, 2013]

Judgement Date : january/2013, Citation : 2013 Latest Caselaw 42 SC

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Ajay Maken Vs. Adesh Kumar Gupta & Another [December 11, 2012]

Judgement Date : december/2012, Citation : 2012 Latest Caselaw 722 SC

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Purno Agitok Sangma Vs. Pranab Mukherjee [December 11, 2012]

Judgement Date : december/2012, Citation : 2012 Latest Caselaw 721 SC

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Purno Agitok Sangma Vs. Pranab Mukherjee [December 5, 2012]

Judgement Date : december/2012, Citation : 2012 Latest Caselaw 696 SC

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Satbir @ Lakha Vs. State of Haryana [October 18, 2012]

Judgement Date : october/2012, Citation : 2012 Latest Caselaw 607 SC

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Ponnala Lakshmaiah Vs. Kommuri Pratap Reddy & Ors. [July 06, 2012]

Judgement Date : july/2012, Citation : 2012 Latest Caselaw 343 SC

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Ishwardas Rohani Vs. Alok Mishra & Ors. [May 3, 2012]

Judgement Date : may/2012, Citation : 2012 Latest Caselaw 261 SC

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Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam & Anr. Vs. The Election Commission of India [April 18, 2012]

Judgement Date : april/2012, Citation : 2012 Latest Caselaw 232 SC

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Chaugule Vs. Bhagwat [April 4, 2012]

Judgement Date : april/2012, Citation : 2012 Latest Caselaw 215 SC

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Union of India through General Manager Northern Railways Vs. Chairman, UP State Electricity Board & Ors. [February 9, 2012]

Judgement Date : february/2012, Citation : 2012 Latest Caselaw 107 SC

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Zelia M. Xavier Fernandes E. Gonsalves Vs. Joana Rodrigues & Ors. [February 3, 2012]

Judgement Date : february/2012, Citation : 2012 Latest Caselaw 93 SC

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Lee Kun Hee & Ors. Vs. State of U.P. & Ors. [February 1, 2012]

Judgement Date : february/2012, Citation : 2012 Latest Caselaw 85 SC

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S.M. Sharmila Vs National Insurance Co.Ltd. & Ors. [January 31 2012]

Judgement Date : january/2012, Citation : 2012 Latest Caselaw 74 SC

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Ramesh Rout Vs. Rabindra Nath Rout

Judgement Date : december/2011, Citation : 2011 Latest Caselaw 897 SC

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Gajanan Samadhan Lande Vs. Sanjay Shyamrao Dhotre

Judgement Date : november/2011, Citation : 2011 Latest Caselaw 876 SC

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Ketan V. Parekh Vs. Special Director, Directorate of Enforcement and Another.

Judgement Date : november/2011, Citation : 2011 Latest Caselaw 873 SC

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Nandiesha Reddy Vs. Mrs. Kavitha Mahesh

Judgement Date : july/2011, Citation : 2011 Latest Caselaw 498 SC

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N.S. Nandish Reddy Vs. Mrs. Kavitha Mahesh

Judgement Date : july/2011, Citation : 2011 Latest Caselaw 496 SC

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Kodikunnil Suresh @ J. Monian Vs. N.S. Saji Kumar, Etc. Etc.

Judgement Date : may/2011, Citation : 2011 Latest Caselaw 405 SC

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Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam & ANR. Vs. The Election Commission of India

Judgement Date : march/2011, Citation : 2011 Latest Caselaw 214 SC

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Election Commission of India Vs. Telangana Rastra Samithi & ANR (December 07, 2010)

Judgement Date : december/2010, Citation : 2010 Latest Caselaw 927 SC

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Election Commission of India Versus Telangana Rastra Samithi & ANR. (December 03, 2010)

Judgement Date : december/2010, Citation : 2010 Latest Caselaw 911 SC

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Union of India & Ors Vs A.S. Pillai & Ors. (November 19, 2010)

Judgement Date : november/2010, Citation : 2010 Latest Caselaw 869 SC

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Jammu & Kashmir National Panthers Party Vs The Union of India and others (November 9, 2010)

Judgement Date : november/2010, Citation : 2010 Latest Caselaw 831 SC

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Md.Alauddin Khan Vs. Karam Thamarjit Singh [2010] INSC 517 (22 July 2010)

Judgement Date : july/2010, Citation : 2010 Latest Caselaw 510 SC

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Laxmi Kant Bajpai Vs. Hazi Yaqoob & Ors. [2009] INSC 1791 (8 December 2009)

Judgement Date : december/2009, Citation : 2009 Latest Caselaw 980 SC

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P.C.Thomas Vs. Adv.P.M.Ismail & Ors. [2009] INSC 1538 (4 September 2009)

Judgement Date : september/2009, Citation : 2009 Latest Caselaw 727 SC

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G.V.Sreerama Reddy & ANR. Vs. Returning Officer & Ors. [2009] INSC 1429 (11 August 2009)

Judgement Date : august/2009, Citation : 2009 Latest Caselaw 675 SC

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V.A. Shabeer Vs. P.A. Niamathulla [2008] INSC 631 (10 April 2008)

Judgement Date : april/2008, Citation : 2008 Latest Caselaw 386 SC

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Election Commission of India Vs. St. Mary's School and Others [2007] Insc 1227 (6 December 2007)

Judgement Date : december/2007, Citation : 2007 Latest Caselaw 14 SC

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Pothula Rama Rao Vs. Pendyala Venakata Krishna Rao & Ors [2007] Insc 795 (2 August 2007)

Judgement Date : august/2007, Citation : 2007 Latest Caselaw 593 SC

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Navjot Singh Sidhu Vs. State of Punjab & Anr [2007] Insc 69 (23 January 2007)

Judgement Date : january/2007, Citation : 2007 Latest Caselaw 69 SC

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Youaraj Rai Vs. Chander Bahadur Karki [2006] Insc 976 (15 December 2006)

Judgement Date : december/2006, Citation : 2006 Latest Caselaw 919 SC

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Sathi Vijay Kumar Vs. Tota Singh & Ors [2006] Insc 931 (8 December 2006)

Judgement Date : december/2006, Citation : 2006 Latest Caselaw 874 SC

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Virender Nath Gautam Vs. Satpal Singh & Ors [2006] Insc 922 (8 December 2006)

Judgement Date : december/2006, Citation : 2006 Latest Caselaw 865 SC

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Kuldip Nayar VS. Union of India & Ors [2006] Insc 512 (22 August 2006)

Judgement Date : august/2006, Citation : 2006 Latest Caselaw 512 SC

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Ravinder Singh Gorkhi Vs. State of U.P [2006] Insc 314 (12 May 2006)

Judgement Date : may/2006, Citation : 2006 Latest Caselaw 314 SC

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Nayani Narasimha Reddy Vs. Dr. K. Laxman & Others [2006] Insc 287 (5 May 2006)

Judgement Date : may/2006, Citation : 2006 Latest Caselaw 287 SC

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Nayini Narasimha Reddy Vs. Dr. K. Laxman & Ors [2006] Insc 284 (5 May 2006)

Judgement Date : may/2006, Citation : 2006 Latest Caselaw 284 SC

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Rameshwar Prasad & Ors Vs. Union of India & Anr [2006] Insc 35 (24 january 2006)

Judgement Date : january/2006, Citation : 2006 Latest Caselaw 35 SC

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Shrikant Vs. Vasantrao & Ors [2006] Insc 30 (20 january 2006)

Judgement Date : january/2006, Citation : 2006 Latest Caselaw 30 SC

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Meera Kanwaria Vs. Sunita & Ors [2005] INSC 682 (8 December 2005)

Judgement Date : december/2005, Citation : 2005 Latest Caselaw 678 SC

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Satrucharla Vijaya Rama Raju Vs. Nimmaka Jaya Raju & Ors [2005] Insc 610 (27 October 2005)

Judgement Date : october/2005, Citation : 2005 Latest Caselaw 607 SC

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Harnek Singh Vs. Charanjit Singh & Ors [2005] Insc 561 (7 October 2005)

Judgement Date : october/2005, Citation : 2005 Latest Caselaw 559 SC

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Rameshwar Prasad & Ors Vs. Union of India & Anr [2005] Insc 557 (7 October 2005)

Judgement Date : october/2005, Citation : 2005 Latest Caselaw 555 SC

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Ram Bhual Vs. Ambika Singh [2005] Insc 516 (29 September 2005)

Judgement Date : september/2005, Citation : 2005 Latest Caselaw 514 SC

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Anil Baluni Vs. Surendra Singh Negi [2005] Insc 352 (14 July 2005)

Judgement Date : july/2005, Citation : 2005 Latest Caselaw 352 SC

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Mahendra Singh Vs. Gulab [2005] INSC 325 (10 May 2005)

Judgement Date : may/2005, Citation : 2005 Latest Caselaw 325 SC

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Harmohinder Singh Pradhan Vs. Ranjeet Singh Talwandi & Ors [2005] INSC 287 (28 April 2005)

Judgement Date : april/2005, Citation : 2005 Latest Caselaw 287 SC

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Kailash Vs. Nanhku & Ors [2005] INSC 224 (6 April 2005)

Judgement Date : april/2005, Citation : 2005 Latest Caselaw 224 SC

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Bolin Chetia Vs. Jogadish Bhuyan & Ors [2005] INSC 165 (11 March 2005)

Judgement Date : march/2005, Citation : 2005 Latest Caselaw 165 SC

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Pratap Singh Vs. State of Jharkhand & ANR [2005] INSC 71 (2 February 2005)

Judgement Date : february/2005, Citation : 2005 Latest Caselaw 71 SC

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Sobha Hymavathi Devi Vs. Setti Gangadhara Swamy & Ors [2005] INSC 66 (28 January 2005)

Judgement Date : january/2005, Citation : 2005 Latest Caselaw 66 SC

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K. Prabhakaran Vs. P.Jayarajan [2005] INSC 25 (11 January 2005)

Judgement Date : january/2005, Citation : 2005 Latest Caselaw 25 SC

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Sardar Harcharan Singh Brar Vs. Sukh Darshan Singh & Ors [2004] Insc 660 (27 October 2004)

Judgement Date : october/2004, Citation : 2004 Latest Caselaw 619 SC

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Manda Jaganath Vs. K.S.Rathnam & Ors [2004] Insc 286 (16 April 2004)

Judgement Date : april/2004, Citation : 2004 Latest Caselaw 282 SC

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Manda Jaganath Vs. K.S.Rathnam & Ors [2004] Insc 276 (16 April 2004)

Judgement Date : april/2004, Citation : 2004 Latest Caselaw 272 SC

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Ram Phal Kundu Vs. Kamal Sharma [2004] Insc 48 (23 January 2004)

Judgement Date : january/2004, Citation : 2004 Latest Caselaw 48 SC

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Sultan Sadik Vs. Sanjay Raj Subba & Ors [2004] Insc 6 (5 January 2004)

Judgement Date : january/2004, Citation : 2004 Latest Caselaw 6 SC

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M. Chinnasamy Vs. K.C. Palanisamy & Ors [2003] INSC 588 (21 November 2003)

Judgement Date : november/2003, Citation : 2003 Latest Caselaw 581 SC

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Mercykutty Amma Vs. Kadavoor Sivadasan & ANR [2003] INSC 554 (6 November 2003)

Judgement Date : november/2003, Citation : 2003 Latest Caselaw 547 SC

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Harikrishna Lal Vs. Babu Lal Marandi [2003] INSC 543 (30 October 2003)

Judgement Date : october/2003, Citation : 2003 Latest Caselaw 536 SC

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Regu Mahesh @ Regu Maheswar Rao Vs. Rajendra Pratap Bhanj Dev And ANR [2003] INSC 542 (30 October 2003)

Judgement Date : october/2003, Citation : 2003 Latest Caselaw 535 SC

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Sushil Kumar Vs. Rakesh Kumar [2003] INSC 526 (16 October 2003)

Judgement Date : october/2003, Citation : 2003 Latest Caselaw 520 SC

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Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. Vs. Saw Pipes Ltd [2003] INSC 236 (17 April 2003)

Judgement Date : april/2003, Citation : 2003 Latest Caselaw 234 SC

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State of West Bengal & Ors Vs. Sri Pronab Kr. Sur. & Ors [2003] Insc 174 (13 March 2003)

Judgement Date : march/2003, Citation : 2003 Latest Caselaw 173 SC

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People's Union of Civil Liberties (P.U.C.L.) & ANR Vs. Union of India & ANR [2003] Insc 173 (13 March 2003)

Judgement Date : march/2003, Citation : 2003 Latest Caselaw 172 SC

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Municipal Corporation of Delhi & Ors Vs. Intnl. Security & Intelligence Agency Ltd [2003] INSC 65 (6 February 2003)

Judgement Date : february/2003, Citation : 2003 Latest Caselaw 65 SC

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Special Reference Case 1 of 2002 [2002] INSC 445 (28 October 2002)

Judgement Date : october/2002, Citation : 2002 Latest Caselaw 446 SC

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Prakash Khandre Vs. Dr. Vijaya Kumar Khandre & Ors [2002] INSC 268 (9 May 2002)

Judgement Date : may/2002, Citation : 2002 Latest Caselaw 268 SC

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Union of India Vs. As & Soacnioatthieorn For Democratic Reforms [2002] INSC 244 (2 May 2002)

Judgement Date : may/2002, Citation : 2002 Latest Caselaw 244 SC

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Commissioner of Customs, Mumbai Vs. M/S. Virgo Steels, Bombay & ANR [2002] INSC 180 (4 April 2002)

Judgement Date : april/2002, Citation : 2002 Latest Caselaw 180 SC

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Rajankumar Shankarrao Taware & ANR Vs. Ajit Anantrao Pawar [2002] INSC 153 (20 March 2002)

Judgement Date : march/2002, Citation : 2002 Latest Caselaw 153 SC

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P.H. Pujar Vs. Kanthi Rajashekhar Kidiyappa & Ors [2002] INSC 109 (5 March 2002)

Judgement Date : march/2002, Citation : 2002 Latest Caselaw 109 SC

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Mahendra Pal Vs. Shri Ram Dass Malanger & Ors [2002] INSC 100 (1 March 2002)

Judgement Date : march/2002, Citation : 2002 Latest Caselaw 100 SC

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Michael B. Fernandes Vs. C.K. Jaffer Sharief & Ors [2002] INSC 75 (14 February 2002)

Judgement Date : february/2002, Citation : 2002 Latest Caselaw 75 SC

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M.V. Rajashekaran & Ors Vs. Vatal Nagaraj & Ors [2002] INSC30 (23 January 2002)

Judgement Date : january/2002, Citation : 2002 Latest Caselaw 30 SC

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Santosh Yadav Vs. Narender Singh [2001] INSC572 (30 October 2001)

Judgement Date : october/2001, Citation : 2001 Latest Caselaw 572 SC

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Ananga Uday Singh Deo Vs. Ranga Nath Mishra & Ors [2001] INSC547 (12 October 2001)

Judgement Date : october/2001, Citation : 2001 Latest Caselaw 547 SC

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B.R. Kapoor Vs. State of Tamil Nadu & ANR [2001] Insc 500 (21 September 2001)

Judgement Date : september/2001, Citation : 2001 Latest Caselaw 500 SC

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Hari Shanker Jain Vs. Sonia Gandhi [2001] Insc 481 (12 September 2001)

Judgement Date : september/2001, Citation : 2001 Latest Caselaw 481 SC

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Sri T. Phungzathang Vs. Sri Hangkhanlian & Ors [2001] INSC 430 (28 August 2001)

Judgement Date : august/2001, Citation : 2001 Latest Caselaw 430 SC

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Commissioner of Income Tax, Bhopal Vs. Narendra Doshi [2001] INSC 344 (26 July 2001)

Judgement Date : july/2001, Citation : 2001 Latest Caselaw 344 SC

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Mulayam Singh Yadav Vs. Dharampal Yadav & Ors [2001] INSC 330 (24 July 2001)

Judgement Date : july/2001, Citation : 2001 Latest Caselaw 330 SC

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V.S. Mallimath. Vs. Union of India & ANR [2001] INSC 153 (21 March 2001)

Judgement Date : march/2001, Citation : 2001 Latest Caselaw 153 SC

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V.S. Achuthanandan Vs. P.J. Francis & ANR [2001] INSC 47 (31 January 2001)

Judgement Date : january/2001, Citation : 2001 Latest Caselaw 47 SC

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Dr. Vijay Laxmi Sadho Vs. Jagdish [2001] INSC 7 (5 January 2001)

Judgement Date : january/2001, Citation : 2001 Latest Caselaw 7 SC

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Pradyut Bordoloi Vs. Swapan Roy [2000] INSC 651 (12 December 2000)

Judgement Date : december/2000, Citation : 2000 Latest Caselaw 646 SC

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Pradyut Bordoloi Vs. Swapan Roy [2000] INSC 612 (2 December 2000)

Judgement Date : december/2000, Citation : 2000 Latest Caselaw 607 SC

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Kanhaiyalal Vishindas Gidwani Vs. Arun Dattatray Mehta & Ors [2000] INSC 576 (16 November 2000)

Judgement Date : november/2000, Citation : 2000 Latest Caselaw 571 SC

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Tarun Prasad Chatterjee Vs. Dinanath Sharma [2000] INSC 508 (10 October 2000)

Judgement Date : october/2000, Citation : 2000 Latest Caselaw 503 SC

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Ravinder Singh Vs. Janmeja Singh & Ors [2000] INSC 483 (19 September 2000)

Judgement Date : september/2000, Citation : 2000 Latest Caselaw 479 SC

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Election Commission of India Through Secretary Vs. Ashok Kumar & Ors [2000] INSC 459 (30 August 2000)

Judgement Date : august/2000, Citation : 2000 Latest Caselaw 455 SC

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Shyamdeo Pd. Singh Vs. Nawal Kishore Yadav [2000] INSC 452 (28 August 2000)

Judgement Date : august/2000, Citation : 2000 Latest Caselaw 448 SC

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Gadnis Bhawani Shankar. Vs. Faleiro Eduardo Martinho [2000] INSC 396 (1 August 2000)

Judgement Date : august/2000, Citation : 2000 Latest Caselaw 393 SC

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Union of India & ANR Vs. Charanjit S. Gill & Ors [2000] INSC 245 (24 April 2000)

Judgement Date : april/2000, Citation : 2000 Latest Caselaw 242 SC

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Mr. Vs. Narayanaswamy Vs. Mr. C.P.Thirunavukkarasu [2000] INSC 19 (19 January 2000)

Judgement Date : january/2000, Citation : 2000 Latest Caselaw 19 SC

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Makhan Lal Bangal Vs. Manas Bhunia & Ors [2000] INSC 2 (3 January 2000)

Judgement Date : january/2000, Citation : 2000 Latest Caselaw 2 SC

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State of Punjab Vs. Vilasrao D. Deshmukh [1999] INSC 415 (3 December 1999)

Judgement Date : december/1999, Citation : 1999 Latest Caselaw 415 SC

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R.P. Moidutty Vs. P.T. Kunju Mohammad & ANR [1999] INSC 372 (28 September 1999)

Judgement Date : september/1999, Citation : 1999 Latest Caselaw 372 SC

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Chandra Kishore Jha Vs. Mahavir Prasad & Ors [1999] INSC 362 (21 September 1999)

Judgement Date : september/1999, Citation : 1999 Latest Caselaw 362 SC

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Chandra Kishore Jha Vs. Mahavir Prasad & Ors [1999] INSC 360 (21 September 1999)

Judgement Date : september/1999, Citation : 1999 Latest Caselaw 360 SC

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Thampanoor Ravi Vs. Charupara Ravi & Ors [1999] INSC 340 (15 September 1999)

Judgement Date : september/1999, Citation : 1999 Latest Caselaw 340 SC

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Narender Singh Vs. Mala Ram & ANR [1999] INSC 339 (15 September 1999)

Judgement Date : september/1999, Citation : 1999 Latest Caselaw 339 SC

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Shri Aklu Ram Mahto Vs. Shri Rajendra Mahto [1999] INSC 118 (1 April 1999)

Judgement Date : april/1999, Citation : 1999 Latest Caselaw 118 SC

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Ganesh Natorao Raut Dudhagaonkar Vs. Rajani Shankarrao Satav & Ors [1998] INSC 596 (9 December 1998)

Judgement Date : december/1998, Citation : 1998 Latest Caselaw 596 SC

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Ganesh Natorao Raut Dudhagaonkar Vs. Rajani Shankarrao Satav & Ors [1998] INSC 594 (9 December 1998)

Judgement Date : december/1998, Citation : 1998 Latest Caselaw 594 SC

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J.H. Patel Vs. Subhan Khan [1996] INSC 846 (24 July 1996)

Judgement Date : july/1996, Citation : 1996 Latest Caselaw 584 SC

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Abhiram Singh Vs. C.D. Commachen & Ors [1996] INSC 557 (16 April 1996)

Judgement Date : april/1996, Citation : 1996 Latest Caselaw 372 SC

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Bhim Singh, President Jammu & Kashmir Pantheres Party Vs. The Election Commissioner of India & ANR [1996] INSC 502 (4 April 1996)

Judgement Date : april/1996, Citation : 1996 Latest Caselaw 318 SC

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Dr. Shipra Vs. Shanti Lal Khoiwal [1996] INSC 491 (3 April 1996)

Judgement Date : april/1996, Citation : 1996 Latest Caselaw 307 SC

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Mohd. Aslam Vs. Union of India & Ors [1996] INSC 445 (22 March 1996)

Judgement Date : march/1996, Citation : 1996 Latest Caselaw 291 SC

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Union of India & Ors Vs. Major General Madan Lal Yadav [1996] INSC 443 (22 March 1996)

Judgement Date : march/1996, Citation : 1996 Latest Caselaw 289 SC

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Mohan Vs. Bhairon Singh Shekhawat [1996] INSC 394 (14 March 1996)

Judgement Date : march/1996, Citation : 1996 Latest Caselaw 241 SC

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State of U.P. Vs. O.P. Sharma [1996] INSC 198 (6 February 1996)

Judgement Date : february/1996, Citation : 1996 Latest Caselaw 131 SC

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Moreshwar Save Vs. Dwarkadas Yashwantrao Pathrikar [1995] INSC 825 (11 December 1995)

Judgement Date : december/1995, Citation : 1995 Latest Caselaw 740 SC

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Shri Suryakant Venkatrao Mahadik Vs. Smt. Saroj Sandesh Naik (Bh [1995] INSC 824 (11 December 1995)

Judgement Date : december/1995, Citation : 1995 Latest Caselaw 739 SC

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Chandrakanta Goyal Vs. Sohan Singh Jodh Singh Kohli [1995] INSC 821 (11 December 1995)

Judgement Date : december/1995, Citation : 1995 Latest Caselaw 736 SC

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Prof. Ramchandra G. Kapse Vs. Haribansh Ramakbal Singh [1995] INSC 819 (11 December 1995)

Judgement Date : december/1995, Citation : 1995 Latest Caselaw 734 SC

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Manohar Joshi Vs. Nitin Bhaurao Patil & ANR [1995] INSC 817 (11 December 1995)

Judgement Date : december/1995, Citation : 1995 Latest Caselaw 732 SC

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Kalamata Mohan Rao Vs. Narayana Rao Dharmana & Ors [1995] INSC 649 (9 November 1995)

Judgement Date : november/1995, Citation : 1995 Latest Caselaw 637 SC

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Iqbal Sing Vs. Avtar Singh [1994] INSC 400 (26 July 1994)

Judgement Date : july/1994, Citation : 1994 Latest Caselaw 394 SC

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A.Neelalohithadasan Nadar Vs. George Mascrene [1994] INSC 231 (11 April 1994)

Judgement Date : april/1994, Citation : 1994 Latest Caselaw 228 SC

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S.R. Bommai Vs. Union of India [1994] INSC 173 (11 March 1994)

Judgement Date : march/1994, Citation : 1994 Latest Caselaw 171 SC

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Jagmal Singh Yadav Vs. Aimaduddin Ahmed Khan [1994] INSC 166 (9 March 1994)

Judgement Date : march/1994, Citation : 1994 Latest Caselaw 164 SC

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Gadakhyashwantrao Kankarrao Vs. Balasaheb Vikhe Patil [1993] INSC 497 (19 November 1993)

Judgement Date : november/1993, Citation : 1993 Latest Caselaw 490 SC

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Dr. Kashinath G. Jalmi & ANR Vs. Speaker & Ors [1993] INSC 180 (31 March 1993)

Judgement Date : march/1993, Citation : 1993 Latest Caselaw 177 SC

Headnote :

R.S., R.M., and S.B. were elected as Members of the Goa Legislative Assembly during the elections in November 1989. Following this, R.S. took office as Chief Minister and established his Council of Ministers, which included R.M. and S.B. as Ministers. Subsequently, the appellant in C.A. 1094/92, a M...

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Mullapudi Venkata Krishna Rao Vs. Vedulasuryanarayana [1993] INSC 130 (16 March 1993)

Judgement Date : march/1993, Citation : 1993 Latest Caselaw 128 SC

Headnote :

The appellant\'s election to the Legislative Assembly was contested by the Respondent through an election petition filed in the High Court. The election petitioner argued that the respondent had utilized a religious symbol to enhance his electoral chances, which constituted a corrupt practice under...

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Moti Ram Vs. Param Dev & ANR [1993] INSC 121 (5 March 1993)

Judgement Date : march/1993, Citation : 1993 Latest Caselaw 119 SC

Headnote :

In February 1990, elections were held for the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly from the 60 Chachiot Assembly Constituency, where fifteen candidates, including the appellant and Karam Singh, submitted their nomination papers. During the scrutiny process, an objection was raised against Karam Sin...

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State of Haryana & Ors Vs. Karnal Co-Op. Farmers's Society Limited [1993] INSC 118 (4 March 1993)

Judgement Date : march/1993, Citation : 1993 Latest Caselaw 116 SC

Headnote :

The Punjab Village Common Lands (Regulation) Act, 1961, which was applicable in Haryana, aimed to regulate rights concerning village common lands, commonly referred to as \'Shamilat deh\'. Section 13 of the Act prohibited civil courts from having jurisdiction over any issues related to the Act\'s im...

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R.C. Poudyal & ANR Vs. Union of India & Ors [1993] INSC 77 (10 February 1993)

Judgement Date : february/1993, Citation : 1993 Latest Caselaw 76 SC

Headnote :

People\'s Representation Act of 1950:

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R.C.Poundyal Vs. Union of India [1993] INSC 76 (10 February 1993)

Judgement Date : february/1993, Citation : 1993 Latest Caselaw 75 SC

Headnote :

The Court\'s Judgments were presented by SHARMA, C.J. (dissenting) - This case raises two crucial constitutional questions: (i) Is it permissible to allocate a seat in a State Legislature for a representative of a group of religious institutions after the complete merger of that State into India? an...

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Rama Kant Pandey Vs. Union of India [1993] INSC 69 (5 February 1993)

Judgement Date : february/1993, Citation : 1993 Latest Caselaw 68 SC

Headnote :

The petitioner, in his Writ Petition filed under Article 32 of the Constitution of India, challenged the constitutional validity of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Ordinance, 1992 (Ordinance No. 1 of 1992), and the Representation of the People (Second Amendment) Ordinance, 1992 (Ordinan...

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Anwari Basawaraj Patil & Ors Vs. Siddaramaiah & Ors [1993] INSC 38 (27 January 1993)

Judgement Date : january/1993, Citation : 1993 Latest Caselaw 38 SC

Headnote :

The first respondent, who was a defeated candidate, filed an election petition in the High Court seeking a declaration that the election of the appellant was invalid and that he himself had been properly elected. Due to the inability to serve notice to the appellant and some other respondents in the...

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Manohar Joshi Vs. Bhaurao Ragoji Patil Throughlegal Representatives [1992] INSC 5 (14 January 1992)

Judgement Date : january/1992, Citation : 1992 Latest Caselaw 5 SC

Headnote :

One `B\' submitted an Election Petition contesting the election of the appellant as M.L.A. Following `B\'s death, the Election Petition was rendered void, and this was published in accordance with Section 112 (2) of the [Representation of the People Act, 1951](https://www.latestlaws.com/bare-acts/ce...

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S.S. Dhanoa Vs. Union of India & Ors [1991] INSC 162 (24 July 1991)

Judgement Date : july/1991, Citation : 1991 Latest Caselaw 162 SC

Headnote :

Article 324(2) of the Constitution grants the President the authority to determine and appoint a varying number of Election Commissioners as deemed necessary. On October 7, 1989, the President set the number of Election Commissioners at two. Following this, on October 16, 1989, the President appoint...

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F.A. Sapa Vs. Singora & Ors [1991] INSC 142 (10 May 1991)

Judgement Date : may/1991, Citation : 1991 Latest Caselaw 142 SC

Headnote :

The candidates from the Mezo National Front (MNF) who lost in the State Assembly elections in various constituencies of Mizoram have contested the election results of the Congress (I) candidates, citing corrupt practices, in the High Court.The appellants, who are the winning candidates, raised preli...

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Manohar Joshi Vs. Damodar Tatyaba Dadasaheb Rupwate & Ors [1991] INSC 69 (11 March 1991)

Judgement Date : march/1991, Citation : 1991 Latest Caselaw 69 SC

Headnote :

In the 1989 Lok Sabha elections, respondent No. 2 was declared the winner from the Bombay South Central Constituency. One of the losing candidates, respondent No. 1, filed an election petition contesting the validity of respondent No. 2\'s election, citing corrupt practices as outlined in subsection...

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M.J. Zakharia Sait Vs. T.M. Mohammed & Ors [1990] INSC 161 (25 April 1990)

Judgement Date : april/1990, Citation : 1990 Latest Caselaw 161 SC

Headnote :

In the 1987 Kerala Legislative Assembly election, the appellant ran against the first respondent.The appellant and the respondents were affiliated with two distinct political fronts, each comprising multiple parties. The appellant won the election by a margin of 1,873 votes over his closest competit...

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B. Dandapani Patra Vs. Returning Officer-Cum-Sub-Divisional Officer, Berhampur [1989] INSC 335 (8 November 1989)

Judgement Date : november/1989, Citation : 1989 Latest Caselaw 335 SC

Headnote :

The appellant was a candidate for election to the Legislative Assembly. Since he was contesting from a constituency different from where he was registered as an elector, he submitted an attested copy of the relevant section of the electoral roll for his registered constituency along with his nominat...

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Sri B. Rajgopala Rao & ANR Vs. Sri Appayya Dora Hanumanthu & Ors [1989] INSC 295 (29 September 1989)

Judgement Date : september/1989, Citation : 1989 Latest Caselaw 295 SC

Headnote :

These two appeals stem from the rulings in two Election Petitions filed in the Andhra Pradesh High Court, challenging the election of respondent No. 1 as a Member of Parliament for the Srikakulam No. 1 Parliamentary constituency during the 8th General Election to the House of the People. The challen...

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U.S. Sasidharan Vs. K. Karunakaran & ANR [1989] NSC 252 (23 August 1989)

Judgement Date : august/1989, Citation : 1989 Latest Caselaw 252 SC

Headnote :

The appellant was a voter in the Mala constituency during the Kerala Legislative Assembly elections held on March 23, 1987, in which the first respondent, the sitting Chief Minister of the State, was declared the winner from that constituency.The appellant contested the legitimacy of the first respo...

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Smt. Lata Devi Vs. Haru Rajwar [1989] NSC 248 (22 August 1989)

Judgement Date : august/1989, Citation : 1989 Latest Caselaw 248 SC

Headnote :

In the 1985 Bihar Legislative Assembly election, the appellant was declared the winner from the 286 Chandan Kyari (S.C.) Constituency. The respondent, a sitting MLA who received 430 votes fewer than the appellant, filed an election petition in the Patna High Court (Ranchi Bench) challenging the appe...

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Dibyasingh Malana Vs. State of Orissa & Ors [1989] INSC 132 (19 April 1989)

Judgement Date : april/1989, Citation : 1989 Latest Caselaw 132 SC

Headnote :

In 1974, proceedings were initiated under the Orissa Land Reforms Act, 1960 to declare the appellants\' surplus land. The appellants objected, arguing that due to a family partition in 1965, the ancestral land that belonged to them should not be combined with their father\'s land.This argument was r...

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Jayantbhai Manubhai Patel & Ors Vs. Arun Subodhbhai Mehta & Ors [1989] INSC 98 (28 March 1989)

Judgement Date : march/1989, Citation : 1989 Latest Caselaw 98 SC

Headnote :

Appellants 1 and 2 were elected as Mayor and Deputy Mayor of the Municipal Corporation of Bhavnagar, Gujarat on June 30, 1987, for a one-year term.On May 21, 1988, they issued a notice to convene a meeting of the Corporation members on June 1, 1988, to elect a new Mayor and Deputy Mayor, along with...

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Jagannath Ramchandra Nunekar Vs. Genu Govind Kadam & Ors [1988] INSC 280 (14 September 1988)

Judgement Date : september/1988, Citation : 1988 Latest Caselaw 277 SC

Headnote :

The appellant, an elector in the Shivaji Nagar Assembly Constituency in Pune, aimed to contest the bye-election for a seat in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from the Jaoli Assembly Constituency in Satara district. He requested a certified copy of the electoral roll entry containing his name fr...

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S.T. Muthusami Vs. K. Natarajan & Ors [1988] INSC 20 (20 January 1988)

Judgement Date : january/1988, Citation : 1988 Latest Caselaw 20 SC

Headnote :

The issue at hand was whether the High Court should intervene in the election process at an intermediate stage, after it had begun but before the election results were declared, due to an alleged error in the allocation of symbols to the candidates contesting for the position of Chairman of a Pancha...

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Dewan Joynal Abedin Vs. Abdul Wazed Alias Abdul Wazad Miah & Ors [1987] INSC 373 (11 December 1987)

Judgement Date : december/1987, Citation : 1987 Latest Caselaw 372 SC

Headnote :

The first respondent submitted an election petition to the High Court seeking to annul the appellant\'s election to the State Legislative Assembly under section 100(1)(c) of the [Representation of the People Act, 1951](https://www.latestlaws.com/bare-acts/central-acts-rules/political-election-laws/r...

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Election Commission of India Vs. Shivaji & Ors [1987] INSC 322 (10 November 1987)

Judgement Date : november/1987, Citation : 1987 Latest Caselaw 321 SC

Headnote :

On September 18, 1987, the Governor of Maharashtra issued a notification under section 16 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 (referred to as \'the Act\'), calling for elections to fill vacancies in the Maharashtra Legislature Council from six local authority constituencies in the state. O...

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Mithilesh Kumar Vs. Sri R. Venkataraman & Ors [1987] INSC 289 (16 October 1987)

Judgement Date : october/1987, Citation : 1987 Latest Caselaw 288 SC

Headnote :

Part III of the Presidential and Vice-Presidential Elections Act, 1952 outlines the regulations concerning the resolution of disputes related to elections for the offices of the President and Vice-President of India. According to Section 14(3), an election petition must be submitted in accordance wi...

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Azhar Hussain Vs. Rajiv Gandhi [1986] INSC 93 (25 April 1986)

Judgement Date : april/1986, Citation : 1986 Latest Caselaw 93 SC

Headnote :

The individual who received the most votes in the 1984 general elections was declared elected as a Member of the Lok Sabha representing the Amethi Constituency in Uttar Pradesh.On the final day to contest the election results, the appellant, a voter from that constituency, filed an election petition...

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Bhagwati Prasad Dixit 'Ghorewala' Vs. Rajeev Gandhi [1986] INSC 92 (25 April 1986)

Judgement Date : april/1986, Citation : 1986 Latest Caselaw 92 SC

Headnote :

The appellant and the respondent were candidates for the Amethi Parliamentary Constituency in the most recent general election, with the respondent being declared the winner. The appellant challenged the respondent\'s election through a petition submitted to the High Court, arguing that:(1) He was d...

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Ram Chand Bhatia Vs. Hardyal [1986] INSC 9 (29 January 1986)

Judgement Date : january/1986, Citation : 1986 Latest Caselaw 9 SC

Headnote :

In the 1982 Himachal Pradesh State Assembly elections, Ram Chand Bhatia, who was backed by the Bhartiya Janata Party, was declared the winner, defeating his closest rival, Hardyal, the respondent and election petitioner who was the official nominee of the Congress (I) Party, by a margin of 3,364 vot...

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Kirpal Singh, M.L.A. Vs. Uttam Singh & ANR [1985] INSC 228 (9 October 1985)

Judgement Date : october/1985, Citation : 1985 Latest Caselaw 228 SC

Headnote :

The appellant, Kirpal Singh, was elected to the Punjab Legislative Assembly from the Majitha constituency during the general elections of 1972. However, his election was annulled by the High Court following an Election Petition submitted by one of the candidates he defeated. The petition claimed tha...

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Lndrajit Barua & Ors Vs. Election Commission of India & Ors [1985] INSC 213 (30 September 1985)

Judgement Date : september/1985, Citation : 1985 Latest Caselaw 213 SC

Headnote :

The General Election for the Assam Legislative Assembly was announced to take place in February 1983. Petitioners submitted writ petitions to the High Court arguing that elections should not proceed in the state due to the flawed electoral rolls created in 1979 and requested a postponement of the el...

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Krishan Ballabh Prasad Singh Vs. Sub-Divisional Officer Hilsa-Cumreturning Officer & Ors [1985] INSC 174 (12 August 1985)

Judgement Date : august/1985, Citation : 1985 Latest Caselaw 174 SC

Headnote :

The Returning Officer announced the results after counting the votes, declaring that the petitioner was duly elected to the Bihar Legislative Assembly from the Islampur Constituency, and issued an election certificate in Form 22 as per Rule 66 of the Conduct of Elections Rules 1961. However, a decla...

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Lakshmi Charan Sen & Ors Vs. A.K.M. Hassan Uzzaman & Ors [1985] INSC133 (8 May 1985)

Judgement Date : may/1985, Citation : 1985 Latest Caselaw 133 SC

Headnote :

A writ petition was submitted to the Calcutta High Court seeking the following reliefs: (1) to prevent the Chief Election Commissioner and the Chief Electoral Officer from acting, either personally or through their subordinates, based on the instructions or directions they issue from time to time; (...

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Lila Krishan Vs. Mani Ram Godara & Ors [1985] INSC128 (8 May 1985)

Judgement Date : may/1985, Citation : 1985 Latest Caselaw 128 SC

Headnote :

The respondents contested the election of the appellant to the Fatehbad Constituency of the Haryana Legislative Assembly in the High Court, citing section 100(1)(c) of the Representation of the People Act 1951. They argued that the nomination papers of two candidates, Mani Ram Chhapola and Raj Tilak...

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Umed Singh Rao Vs. Mani Ram Godara & Ors [1985] INSC126 (8 May 1985)

Judgement Date : may/1985, Citation : 1985 Latest Caselaw 126 SC

Headnote :

The appellant, who served as the Returning Officer for the by-election in the Fatehabad Assembly Constituency of Haryana, dismissed the nomination papers of two candidates. The election of the winning candidate was contested on the basis that these nomination papers were wrongly rejected.During the...

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Dr. P. Nalla Thampy Terah Vs. Union of India & Ors [1985] INSC125 (8 May 1985)

Judgement Date : may/1985, Citation : 1985 Latest Caselaw 125 SC

Headnote :

Section 77(1) of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 stipulates that every election candidate must maintain a separate and accurate record of all election-related expenditures incurred or authorized by them or their election agent, from the date the election notification is published until th...

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Shanker Dass Vs. Union of India & ANR [1985] INSC 53 (12 March 1985)

Judgement Date : march/1985, Citation : 1985 Latest Caselaw 53 SC

Headnote :

The appellant worked as a Cash Clerk in a department under the Government of India. He faced prosecution for breach of trust involving Rs. 500, which he repaid and admitted guilt. The Magistrate accepted his plea and convicted him under section 409 of the Indian Penal Code. However, considering the...

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S.Harcharn Singh Vs. S. Sajjan Singh & Ors [1984] INSC 219 (29 November 1984)

Judgement Date : november/1984, Citation : 1984 Latest Caselaw 219 SC

Headnote :

The term \"systematic\" has been removed from subsection (3) of section 123 of the Representation of the People Act 1951 by the Amending Act. It states that any candidate, their agent, or any other individual with the candidate\'s or their election agent\'s consent, who engages in practices based on...

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Ram Sharan Yadav Vs. Thakur Muneshwar Nath Singh & Ors [1984] INSC 204 (30 October 1984)

Judgement Date : october/1984, Citation : 1984 Latest Caselaw 204 SC

Headnote :

Ram Sharan Yadav, the appellant and a candidate backed by the Communist Party of India, was declared elected on June 16, 1977, to the Bihar Legislative Assembly from the 241-Goh Assembly constituency, having received 28,783 votes compared to 16,458 votes for the respondent No. 1, Thakur Muneshwar Na...

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Dharmesh Prasad Verma Vs. Faiyazal Azam [1984] INSC 121 (17 July 1984)

Judgement Date : july/1984, Citation : 1984 Latest Caselaw 121 SC

Headnote :

The respondent was elected to a State Assembly Constituency. The appellant, who contested the election, alleged four instances of corrupt practices in his Election Petition against the respondent.Although the Legislative Assembly to which the respondent was elected has been dissolved and a new elect...

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Ganu Ram Vs. Rikhi Ram Kaundal & Ors [1984] INSC 119 (17 July 1984)

Judgement Date : july/1984, Citation : 1984 Latest Caselaw 119 SC

Headnote :

Section 33(2) of the Representation of the People Act mandates that when a nomination paper is submitted for a reserved seat in any constituency, the candidate must explicitly state the specific caste or tribe they belong to, as well as the area where that caste or tribe is recognized as a scheduled...

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Election Commission of India Vs. State of Haryana [1984] INSC 91 (25 April 1984)

Judgement Date : april/1984, Citation : 1984 Latest Caselaw 91 SC

Headnote :

To address the vacancy created by the Supreme Court\'s annulment of the election of the winning candidate from the 59-Taoru Assembly Constituency in Haryana, the appellant Commission communicated a schedule to the Chief Electoral Officer of Haryana on April 6, 1984. This schedule indicated that the...

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Manmohan Kalia Vs. Yash & Ors [1984] INSC 73 (2 April 1984)

Judgement Date : april/1984, Citation : 1984 Latest Caselaw 73 SC

Headnote :

In the election for Assembly constituency No-31 Jullundur Cantt., which took place on May 31, 1980, a total of 47,650 votes were cast. The appellant received 19,710 votes, while the respondent Yash garnered 20,128 votes, which is 418 votes more than the appellant. Consequently, the appellant challen...

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A.C. Jose Vs. Sivan Pillai & Ors [1984] INSC 53 (5 March 1984)

Judgement Date : march/1984, Citation : 1984 Latest Caselaw 53 SC

Headnote :

The first respondent was elected to the State Legislative Assembly. Voting in the constituency was conducted using the traditional methods outlined in the Conduct of Election Rules 1961, which included both manual ballot casting and a mechanical process involving the use of \'electronic\' machines.T...

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Rajendra Singh & Ors Vs. Smt. Usha Rani & Ors [1984] INSC47 (27 February 1984)

Judgement Date : february/1984, Citation : 1984 Latest Caselaw 47 SC

Headnote :

The respondent submitted an Election Petition seeking to annul the election of the appellant to the State Legislative Assembly. In response, the appellant filed a petition to dismiss the Election Petition at the outset under Section 86 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, arguing that the...

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R. Palanimuthu Vs. Returning Officer [1984] INSC44 (23 February 1984)

Judgement Date : february/1984, Citation : 1984 Latest Caselaw 44 SC

Headnote :

In his election petition, the appellant argued that the second respondent, who actually belonged to the Hindu Reddy community, contested the election from a reserved constituency by falsely claiming to be a member of the Scheduled Tribe Konda Reddy community. He asserted that, according to section 1...

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Viveka Nand Giri Vs. Nawal Kishore Sahi [1984] INSC33 (16 February 1984)

Judgement Date : february/1984, Citation : 1984 Latest Caselaw 33 SC

Headnote :

The appellant was elected to the State Legislative Assembly, but the first respondent, the losing candidate, filed an Election Petition to annul the election, claiming it was invalid due to the improper rejection of one candidate\'s nomination papers by the Returning Officer. It was argued that the...

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A.Madan Mohan Vs. Kalavakunta Chandrasekhara [1984] INSC29 (14 February 1984)

Judgement Date : february/1984, Citation : 1984 Latest Caselaw 29 SC

Headnote :

The respondent submitted an election petition to the High Court, claiming that the elected candidate (the petitioner in this case) engaged in corrupt practices that invalidated his election. The elected candidate then filed an application arguing that the respondent violated the mandatory requiremen...

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Mithilesh Kumar Pandey Vs. Baidyanath Yadav & Ors [1984] INSC 1 (2 January 1984)

Judgement Date : january/1984, Citation : 1984 Latest Caselaw 1 SC

Headnote :

In the general elections of June 1980, the appellant ran as a Congress (1) candidate for the Harlakhi Assembly constituency in Bihar and was declared the winner. The respondent, who lost the election, subsequently filed an election petition in the Patna High Court, alleging that the appellant engage...

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Charan Lal Sahu & Ors Vs. Giani Zail Singh & ANR [1983] INSC 199 (13 December 1983)

Judgement Date : december/1983, Citation : 1983 Latest Caselaw 199 SC

Headnote :

In the election for the President of India, the Returning Officer accepted the nomination papers of only two candidates: Giani Zail Singh and Shri H.R. Khanna. The election took place on July 12, 1982, resulting in Giani Zail Singh being declared the winner.The petitioners in Election Petition Nos....

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Chhedi Ram Vs. Jhilmit Ram & Ors [1983] INSC 192 (5 December 1983)

Judgement Date : december/1983, Citation : 1983 Latest Caselaw 192 SC

Headnote :

The appellant, the respondent, and four other candidates ran for election to a legislative assembly in a constituency designated for Scheduled Castes. The respondent was declared the winner, while the appellant received the second highest number of votes, with only a 373-vote difference between them...

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Pashupati Nath Sukul & Ors Vs. Nem Chandra Jain & Ors [1983] INSC 189 (25 November 1983)

Judgement Date : november/1983, Citation : 1983 Latest Caselaw 189 SC

Headnote :

Following the dissolution of the State Legislative Assembly by the President, elections were conducted, and on June 9, 1980, the Election Commission released a notification listing the names of the elected members for the constituencies. These members were informed that they could take the oath as m...

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Azmat Khan Vs. Khillan Singh & Ors [1983] INSC 173 (8 November 1983)

Judgement Date : november/1983, Citation : 1983 Latest Caselaw 173 SC

Headnote :

The appellant, a candidate who had previously run for election, submitted a recrimination petition in response to the election petition filed by the first respondent and another party. Following a recount that was agreed upon by all parties involved, the High Court declared the first respondent as t...

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Dr. P. Nalla Thampy Thera. Vs. B.L. Shanker & Ors [1983] INSC 168 (28 October 1983)

Judgement Date : october/1983, Citation : 1983 Latest Caselaw 168 SC

Headnote :

Respondent No. 2, one of 28 candidates in the election for a Lok Sabha seat, was declared the winner. Respondent No. 1, a rival candidate, filed an Election Petition seeking to annul Respondent No. 2\'s election under section 100 (1) (b) of the [Representation of the People Act, 1951](https://www.la...

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Arun Kumar Bose Vs. Mohd. Furkan Ansari & Ors [1983] INSC 133 (28 September 1983)

Judgement Date : september/1983, Citation : 1983 Latest Caselaw 133 SC

Headnote :

The first respondent, who lost to the appellant by 24 votes in the Assembly Elections, filed an election petition in the High Court under section 81 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, seeking to have the appellant\'s election annulled and to be declared the successful candidate. In parag...

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Mange Ram Vs. Brij Mohan & Ors [1983] INSC 89 (3 August 1983)

Judgement Date : august/1983, Citation : 1983 Latest Caselaw 89 SC

Headnote :

Sub-rule (1) of rule 1 of Order XVI of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 imposes a duty on each party involved in a proceeding to submit a list of witnesses they intend to call and to secure summonses for those individuals to appear in court. Sub-rule (2) mandates that the party requesting such assi...

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M. Karunanidhi Vs. H.V. Hande & Ors [1983] INSC 30 (31 March 1983)

Judgement Date : march/1983, Citation : 1983 Latest Caselaw 30 SC

Headnote :

Respondent No. 1 in C.A. 38 of 1981 submitted an election petition under the Representation of the People Act, contesting the election of the appellant to the State Legislative Assembly on various grounds. The petition included a pre-receipted challan from the Accounts Department of the High Court,...

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Roop Lal Sathi Vs. Nachhattar Singh [1982] INSC 80 (2 November 1982)

Judgement Date : november/1982, Citation : 1982 Latest Caselaw 80 SC

Headnote :

For a candidate to be recognized as being nominated by a political party according to paragraph 13 of the Election Symbols (Reservation and Allotment) Order 1968, it is necessary for a written notice, signed by an authorized office-bearer of the political party, to be submitted to the returning offi...

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Shradha Devi Vs. Krishna Chandra Pant & Ors [1982] INSC 79 (26 October 1982)

Judgement Date : october/1982, Citation : 1982 Latest Caselaw 79 SC

Headnote :

The appellant was among 19 candidates vying for 11 positions to be filled during the biennial election for the Council of States, representing the elected members of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, which took place on March 28, 1979.The election was conducted using the proportional represent...

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Jyoti Basu & Ors Vs. Debi Ghosal & Ors [1982] INSC 26 (26 February 1982)

Judgement Date : february/1982, Citation : 1982 Latest Caselaw 26 SC

Headnote :

The Representation of the People Act 1951, specifically Section 81, outlines who is eligible to file an election petition. This includes any candidate from the election and any elector from the constituency, but no one else. According to Section 82(a), if the petitioner seeks a declaration that the...

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Gokaraju Rangaraju Vs. State of Andhra Pradesh [1981] INSC 93 (15 April 1981)

Judgement Date : april/1981, Citation : 1981 Latest Caselaw 93 SC

Headnote :

The appellants in both cases were found guilty of certain offenses by two District Judges. However, by the time their appeals were heard in the High Court, this Court had annulled the appointments of the two District Judges, citing a violation of Article 233 of the Constitution.The appellants argued...

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Aeltemesh Rein Vs. Chandulal Chandrakar & Ors [1981] INSC 62 (10 March 1981)

Judgement Date : march/1981, Citation : 1981 Latest Caselaw 62 SC

Headnote :

The appellant was a candidate in the General Elections for the Lok Sabha, while Respondent 1 was declared the winner. The appellant subsequently filed an Election Petition under Section 81 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951. In the petition, the appellant claimed to have deposited the req...

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Vidya Charan Shukla Vs. Purshottam Lal Kaushik [1981] INSC 15 (15 January 1981)

Judgement Date : january/1981, Citation : 1981 Latest Caselaw 15 SC

Headnote :

The appellant was convicted and sentenced to over two years of imprisonment by the Sessions Judge in Delhi on February 26/27, 1979. On February 27, 1979, the Sessions Judge issued an order under section 389(3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, suspending the execution of the sentence to give the ap...

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Harjit Singh Mann Vs. S. Umrao Singh & Ors [1980] INSC 232 (14 December 1980)

Judgement Date : december/1980, Citation : 1980 Latest Caselaw 232 SC

Headnote :

The appellant was a voter in the Constituency from which the Respondent was elected to the State Legislative Assembly. The Returning Officer rejected his nomination paper on the basis that it was submitted 10 minutes past the deadline and that he had failed to make and subscribe to an oath as mandat...

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N.C. Zeliang Vs. Aju Newmai & Ors [1980] INSC 172 (5 September 1980)

Judgement Date : september/1980, Citation : 1980 Latest Caselaw 172 SC

Headnote :

During the 1977 State Assembly elections, the appellant was declared the winner. However, the election petitioner, a candidate who lost, claimed in his petition that the appellant submitted a fraudulent expense report, thus engaging in corrupt practices as defined by section 123(6) of the Representa...

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Raghbir Singh Gill Vs. Gurcharan Singh Tohra & Ors [1980] INSC 119 (9 May 1980)

Judgement Date : may/1980, Citation : 1980 Latest Caselaw 119 SC

Headnote :

An election petition was submitted by the respondent against the appellant, who was a successful candidate for the council of the State from the Punjab Legislative Assembly constituency. The petition claimed that the election results were significantly influenced by: (a) violations of the Representa...

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Sultan Ahmd. Owasi Vs. Mohd. Osman Shaheed & Ors [1980] INSC 74 (10 April 1980)

Judgement Date : april/1980, Citation : 1980 Latest Caselaw 74 SC

Headnote :

In the election petitions E. P. No. 18/78 and E. P. No. 20/78 submitted by the candidates who lost, accusations of corrupt practices were directed at the successful candidate, the appellant. These allegations included \"engaging in actions that incite hatred and stir religious sentiments through spe...

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Sharif-Ud-Din Vs. Abdul Gani Lone [1979] INSC 233 (12 November 1979)

Judgement Date : november/1979, Citation : 1979 Latest Caselaw 233 SC

Headnote :

Section 89(3) of the Jammu & Kashmir Representation of the People Act, 1957 states: \"Every election petition must be accompanied by as many copies as there are respondents named in the petition, and each copy must be certified by the petitioner with their signature as a true copy of the petition.\"...

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Dadaji Alias Dina Vs. Sukhdeobabu & Ors [1979] INSC 231 (7 November 1979)

Judgement Date : november/1979, Citation : 1979 Latest Caselaw 231 SC

Headnote :

Entry 12 of Part IX of the Schedule to the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order 1950, before its amendment in 1956, stated \"Gond including Media (Maria) and Mudia (Muria).\" The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Amendment) Act 63 of 1956 replaced this entry with Entry 12 in Paragraph 5 of Par...

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Ebrahim Sulaiman Sait Vs. M. C. Muhammad & ANR [1979] INSC 230 (7 November 1979)

Judgement Date : november/1979, Citation : 1979 Latest Caselaw 230 SC

Headnote :

The High Court of Kerala declared the election of the appellant to the Lok Sabha from the Manjeri Parliamentary Constituency in Kerala invalid. This decision was based on an election petition filed on May 3, 1977, by the first respondent, an elector in that constituency, who claimed that the elected...

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R. Narayanan Vs. S. Semmalai & Ors [1979] INSC 172 (6 September 1979)

Judgement Date : september/1979, Citation : 1979 Latest Caselaw 172 SC

Headnote :

The appellant and the respondent, along with a few others, participated as candidates in the State Assembly elections, where the appellant was declared the winner. In his election petition filed in the High Court, the respondent claimed that the appellant\'s election was invalid under sections 100(1...

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Ahaji C. H. Mohammad Koya Vs. T. K. S. M. A. Muthukoya [1978] INSC 166 (12 September 1978)

Judgement Date : september/1978, Citation : 1978 Latest Caselaw 166 SC

Headnote :

In the March 1977 General Election for the Legislative Assembly of Kerala, the petitioner and the appellant were candidates contesting in the Malappuram constituency. The appellant won the election with 56,276 votes, defeating the petitioner, who received 39,362 votes. The petitioner subsequently fi...

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K. M. Mani Vs. P. J. Antony & Ors [1978] INSC 165 (12 September 1978)

Judgement Date : september/1978, Citation : 1978 Latest Caselaw 165 SC

Headnote :

Section 123(7) of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 states that it is considered a corrupt practice for a candidate to obtain or procure any assistance (other than votes) from any government employee to enhance their election prospects.In Civil Appeal No. 99 of 1978, the appellant, who was...

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Shiv Chand Vs. Ujagar Singh & ANR [1978] INSC 151 (31 August 1978)

Judgement Date : august/1978, Citation : 1978 Latest Caselaw 151 SC

Headnote :

In the election petition, the appellant, who was a defeated candidate in the General Elections of June 1977, contested the election results of Respondent No. 1. The appellant made various allegations of corrupt practices against the winning candidate and also against Respondent No. 2, a duly nominat...

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Kamalam (M) Vs. Dr. Vs. A. Syed Mohamad [1978] INSC 60 (8 March 1978)

Judgement Date : march/1978, Citation : 1978 Latest Caselaw 60 SC

Headnote :

Subsection (3) of Section 81 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 mandates that every election petition must be accompanied by a number of copies equal to the number of respondents named in the petition, with each copy being attested by the petitionerâ€™s signature as a true copy of the pet...

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Dadasaheb Dattatraya Pawar & Ors Vs. Pandurang Raoji Jagtap & Ors [1978] INSC 6 (13 January 1978)

Judgement Date : january/1978, Citation : 1978 Latest Caselaw 6 SC

Headnote :

Shetkari Sahakari Sangh, a designated cooperative society as outlined in Section 144-A in conjunction with Section 73-G of the Maharashtra Cooperative Societies Act, 1960, is officially registered under the Act, with its operational area encompassing the entire Kolhapur district. It comprises two ca...

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Mohinder Singh Gill & ANR Vs. The Chief Election Commissioner, New Delhi & Ors [1977] INSC 227 (2 December 1977)

Judgement Date : december/1977, Citation : 1977 Latest Caselaw 227 SC

Headnote :

Article 329(b) of the Constitution states that, regardless of any provisions in the Constitution, no election to either House of Parliament or to the Legislature of a State can be challenged except through an election petition submitted to the designated authority in the manner prescribed by law ena...

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Narendra Madivalapa Kheni Vs. Manikrao Patil & Ors [1977] INSC 152 (28 July 1977)

Judgement Date : july/1977, Citation : 1977 Latest Caselaw 152 SC

Headnote :

Article 171(3) of the Constitution of India stipulates that one-third of the members of a State\'s Legislative Council shall be elected by electorates that include members of local authorities in the State, as determined by Parliament through legislation. Part IV of the Representation of the People...

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Kunwar Nripendra Bahadur Singh Vs. Jai Ram Verma & Ors [1977] INSC 151 (28 July 1977)

Judgement Date : july/1977, Citation : 1977 Latest Caselaw 151 SC

Headnote :

Article 171(3) of the Constitution states that one-third of the members of a State\'s Legislative Council shall be elected by electorates that include members of local authorities in the State, as specified by Parliament through law. Part IV of the Representation of the People Act, 1950, which addre...

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Shaik Abdul Azeez Vs. StateKarnataka [1977] INSC 99 (28 March 1977)

Judgement Date : march/1977, Citation : 1977 Latest Caselaw 99 SC

Headnote :

Section 303 of the Indian Penal Code (I.P.C.) states that \"whoever, while serving a life sentence, commits murder shall be punished with death.\" The appellant was convicted of murder on July 26, 1961, by the High Court of Mysore for an offense committed on December 3, 1959, and was sentenced to li...

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Lakshmi Raman Acharya Vs. Chandan Singh & Ors [1976] INSC 325 (13 December 1976)

Judgement Date : december/1976, Citation : 1976 Latest Caselaw 325 SC

Headnote :

In the State Assembly election, the first respondent was declared the winner. The appellant, one of the candidates who lost, challenged the election, claiming that the first respondent engaged in corrupt practices as defined by sections 123(2), (3), and (3A) of the Representation of the People Act,...

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Birbal Singh Vs. Kedar Nath Sharma [1976] INSC 277 (2 November 1976)

Judgement Date : november/1976, Citation : 1976 Latest Caselaw 277 SC

Headnote :

In the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly elections that took place in March 1972, the respondent won against the appellant by a margin exceeding 22,000 votes. Subsequently, the appellant filed an election petition in the Rajasthan High Court contesting the respondent\'s election, claiming that the resp...

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Wilfred D'souza Vs. Francis Menino Jesus Ferrao [1976] INSC 262 (26 October 1976)

Judgement Date : october/1976, Citation : 1976 Latest Caselaw 262 SC

Headnote :

Rule 42 of the Conduct of Election Rules, 1961, stipulates that a tendered ballot paper is issued when an individual claims to be a specific elector after another person has already voted in that capacity. The presiding officer will then verify the identity of the individual applying for the ballot...

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Nangthombam Ibomcha Singh Vs. Leisanghem Chandramani Singh & Ors [1976] INSC 217 (13 September 1976)

Judgement Date : september/1976, Citation : 1976 Latest Caselaw 217 SC

Headnote :

Respondent No. 1 was declared the winner of the Manipur Legislative Assembly election. The appellant, a competing candidate, filed an Election Petition on two grounds: (1) Respondent No. 1 was ineligible due to holding an office of profit as the Assembly Speaker, and (2) Respondent No. 1 exceeded th...

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Jugal Kishore Patnaik Vs. Ratnakar Mohanty [1976] INSC 158 (26 July 1976)

Judgement Date : july/1976, Citation : 1976 Latest Caselaw 158 SC

Headnote :

The Returning Officer rejected the respondent\'s nomination papers for the general election to the State Assembly, citing existing contracts between him and the State Government for certain works, as per section 9A of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, at the request of another candidate. F...

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Additional District Magistrate, Jabalpur Vs. S. S. Shukla [1976]129 (28 April 1976)

Judgement Date : april/1976, Citation : 1976 Latest Caselaw 129 SC

Headnote :

On December 23, 1971, the President of India, exercising the authority granted by Clause (1) of Article 352 of the Constitution, proclaimed that a serious emergency exists due to external aggression threatening the security of India. Consequently, the Maintenance of Internal Security Act (Act 26 of...

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Anirudh Prasad Vs. Rajeshwari Saroj Das & Ors [1976]120 (20 April 1976)

Judgement Date : april/1976, Citation : 1976 Latest Caselaw 120 SC

Headnote :

Nineteen individuals contested in the biennial elections for the Bihar Legislative Council to fill 11 vacancies. The appellant along with respondents No. 1 to 10 were declared successful candidates. The election utilized the proportional representation system with a single transferable vote. Votes w...

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D. Venkata Reddy Vs. R. Sultan & Ors [1976] INSC 36 (24 February 1976)

Judgement Date : february/1976, Citation : 1976 Latest Caselaw 36 SC

Headnote :

The respondent, who was a Muslim, was the Congress candidate for election to the State Legislative Assembly. He challenged the appellant's election and the High Court allowed the election petition on three grounds (1) that the appellant committed a corrupt practice under a 123(1), Representation...

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Hari Shanker Tripathi Vs. Shiv Harsh & Ors [1976] INSC 18 (3 February 1976)

Judgement Date : february/1976, Citation : 1976 Latest Caselaw 18 SC

Headnote :

The respondent was declared elected to the State Legislative Council on April 30, 1974. According to section 81(1) of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, the 45-day period for filing an election petition ended on June 14, 1974, when the High Court was closed for summer vacation. Consequently...

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Udhav Singh Vs. Madhav Rao Scindia [1975] INSC 264 (10 October 1975)

Judgement Date : october/1975, Citation : 1975 Latest Caselaw 262 SC

Headnote :

In March 1971, six candidates submitted their nomination papers to contest the Lok Sabha election from the Guna Parliamentary Constituency. After the scrutiny of their papers, Pratap Singh and Gaya Prasad withdrew their candidacies. The respondent was declared the winner, securing approximately 141,...

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Shiv Charan Singh Vs. Maharaj Kumar Sri Brijendra Pal [1975] INSC 179 (26 August 1975)

Judgement Date : august/1975, Citation : 1975 Latest Caselaw 177 SC

Headnote :

Representation of the People Act, 1951, s.77 - Failure of a successful candidate to keep accounts in the required manner may be considered a corrupt practice.The appellant and the respondent were the primary candidates in the election for the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly from the Karauli constitue...

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Rajendra Kumari Bajpai Vs. Ram Adhar Yadav & Ors [1975] INSC 159 (6 August 1975)

Judgement Date : august/1975, Citation : 1975 Latest Caselaw 157 SC

Headnote :

A request for the delivery of interrogatories is a logical step to support the prosecution of an election petition and is fully addressed by section 87 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951. Order XI, Rule 1 of the Civil Procedure Code (C.P.C.) is part of the trial process for suits and does...

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Banamali Das Vs. Rajendra Chandra Mardaraj Harichandan & Ors [1975] INSC 152 (1 August 1975)

Judgement Date : august/1975, Citation : 1975 Latest Caselaw 150 SC

Headnote :

Six candidates ran in the mid-term election for the Orissa Legislative Assembly from the Nilgiri Constituency. The appellant won the election by a narrow margin of 49 votes over respondent no. 1. In response, respondent no. 1 filed an Election Petition contesting the appellant\'s victory, requesting...

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Ram Autar Singh Bhadauria Vs. Ram Gopal Singh & Ors [1975] INSC 148 (31 July 1975)

Judgement Date : july/1975, Citation : 1975 Latest Caselaw 146 SC

Headnote :

The appellant, along with respondent no. 1 and other candidates, contested the election for the U.P. Legislative Assembly Constituency (No. 293), Sarsaul. The appellant received 23,626 votes, while respondent no. 1 garnered 23,604 votes, resulting in a narrow margin of just 22 votes.Respondent no. 1...

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Dharam Singh Rathi Vs. Hari Singh M.L.A. & Ors [1975] INSC 120 (2 May 1975)

Judgement Date : may/1975, Citation : 1975 Latest Caselaw 120 SC

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The appellant contested the election of the respondent to the State Assembly, arguing that the Retiring Officer improperly rejected the nomination papers of two individuals. The High Court determined that the nomination papers did not meet the requirements outlined in section 33(1) of the Representa...

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Kalya Singh Vs. Genda Lal & Ors [1975] INSC 54 (28 February 1975)

Judgement Date : february/1975, Citation : 1975 Latest Caselaw 54 SC

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Section 123(1)(A)(b) of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 characterizes bribery as \"any gift, offer, or promise made by a candidate, their agent, or any other individual with the candidate\'s or their election agent\'s consent, to any person, with the intention, either directly or indirect...

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Pratap Singh Vs. Rajinder Singh & ANR [1975] INSC 42 (20 February 1975)

Judgement Date : february/1975, Citation : 1975 Latest Caselaw 42 SC

Headnote :

The petitioner in his election appeal to the High Court claimed several instances of corrupt practices as defined by sections 123(4), (5), and (6) of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 against the appellant, who was the officially elected candidate for the State Assembly. The High Court acce...

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Prabhu Narayan Vs. A. K. Srivastava [1975] INSC 36 (14 February 1975)

Judgement Date : february/1975, Citation : 1975 Latest Caselaw 36 SC

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In the election for the State Legislative Assembly, the respondent was declared the winner. The appellant, who was the Congress candidate, filed an election petition contesting the election on several grounds, one of which alleged that the respondent engaged in corrupt practices as defined under sec...

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Bachan Singh Vs. Prithvi Singh & Ors [1975] INSC 23 (5 February 1975)

Judgement Date : february/1975, Citation : 1975 Latest Caselaw 23 SC

Headnote :

The appellant, in his petition contesting the election of the respondent, claimed (1) that the respondent engaged in corrupt practices as defined by section 123(7) of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, by enlisting the help of a member of the armed forces during his election campaign, and (...

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Gangadhar Yeshwant Bhandare Vs. Erasmo De Jesus Sequiria [1975] INSC 21 (4 February 1975)

Judgement Date : february/1975, Citation : 1975 Latest Caselaw 21 SC

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Clause (2) of the Goa, Daman and Diu (Citizenship) Order, 1962 specifies that any individual, or either of their parents, born before December 20, 1961, in the territories now known as the union territory of Goa, Daman and Diu, is considered to have become a citizen of India on that date. However, t...

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Baldev Singh Vs. Teja Singh Swatantar & Ors [1975] INSC 14 (24 January 1975)

Judgement Date : january/1975, Citation : 1975 Latest Caselaw 14 SC

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In the contest for a Parliamentary seat in the State of Punjab, the appellant, representing the Akali Dal, and the first respondent, the candidate from the Communist Party of India, were among the candidates. A total of 344,073 votes were cast, with 7,663 deemed invalid.The first respondent was decl...

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Abdul Hussain Mir Vs. Shamsul Huda & ANR [1974] INSC 277 (20 December 1974)

Judgement Date : december/1974, Citation : 1974 Latest Caselaw 275 SC

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The appellant is a Muslim whose mother, originally a tribal Hindu, converted to Islam just before marrying a Muslim. In the elections for the Assam Legislative Assembly from a constituency that is a tribal area with a diverse mix of tribes, predominantly Hindu, plainsmen Hindus, and nearly 80% Musli...

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N. Vimala Devi Vs. K. Madhusudhana Reddy [1974] INSC 276 (20 December 1974)

Judgement Date : december/1974, Citation : 1974 Latest Caselaw 274 SC

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In the election for the State Legislative Assembly, the respondent was declared the winner. The appellant, who lost the election, claimed in her election petition that the respondent engaged in several corrupt practices, the most significant being the distribution of a defamatory pamphlet about her,...

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Suresh Prasad Yadav Vs. Jai Prakash Mishra & Ors [1974] INSC 271 (13 December 1974)

Judgement Date : december/1974, Citation : 1974 Latest Caselaw 269 SC

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In the election for the 168-Katoria Bihar Legislative Assembly constituency, Respondent No. 1 was declared the winner with 16,649 votes, while the appellant received 16,074 votes. There were 1,219 invalid votes. The appellant filed an election petition contesting the election of the declared candida...

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Elvin Sangma Vs. Projengton Momin & ANR [1974] INSC 250 (21 November 1974)

Judgement Date : november/1974, Citation : 1974 Latest Caselaw 248 SC

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Three days prior to the Meghalaya Assembly election, the appellant, who emerged as the winning candidate, distributed fake ballot papers in various locations. These fake ballot papers featured a symbol that differed from the one assigned to the first respondent, a competing candidate, by the Electio...

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Manphul Singh Vs. Surinder Singh [1974] INSC 236 (11 November 1974)

Judgement Date : november/1974, Citation : 1974 Latest Caselaw 234 SC

Headnote :

The respondent in his election petition contesting the appellant\'s election claimed that numerous votes were cast in favor of the appellant through the impersonation of deceased and absentee voters. Additionally, it was alleged that some individuals voted multiple times for the winning candidate by...

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Dilip Kumar Gon Vs. Durga Prasad Singh [1974] INSC 222 (4 November 1974)

Judgement Date : november/1974, Citation : 1974 Latest Caselaw 220 SC

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In connection with an election for the State Legislative Assembly from a general constituency, one candidate failed to (a) specify his caste in the designated space on the nomination paper, and (b) did not strike out the term \'Scheduled Caste\'. The Returning Officer rejected his nomination on the...

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Vatal Nagaraj Vs. R. Dayanand Sagar [1974] INSC 204 (11 October 1974)

Judgement Date : october/1974, Citation : 1974 Latest Caselaw 202 SC

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The appellant was declared the winner of the State Legislative Assembly election, but the first respondent, who received the second highest number of votes, contested the election on several grounds and requested to be declared the winner in place of the appellant. One of the allegations against the...

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Shri Umed Vs. Raj Singh & Ors [1974] INSC 162 (28 August 1974)

Judgement Date : august/1974, Citation : 1974 Latest Caselaw 160 SC

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Regarding the election for the State Legislative Assembly, the deadline for submitting nominations was set for February 11, 1972, while the last day to withdraw candidacy was February 14, 1972. The election took place on March 11, 1972, and the appellant, who received the most votes, was declared el...

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Rahim Khan Vs. Khurshid Ahmed & Ors [1974] INSC 136 (8 August 1974)

Judgement Date : august/1974, Citation : 1974 Latest Caselaw 134 SC

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In the General Election for a State Assembly held in a constituency with a significant Muslim voting population, the appellant was declared the winner. The first respondent, a sitting minister who lost the election, contested the results on several grounds of corrupt practices. The High Court annull...

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Parmar Himatsingh Jugatsingh Vs. Patel Harmanbhai Narsibhai [1974] INSC 39 (22 February 1974)

Judgement Date : february/1974, Citation : 1974 Latest Caselaw 39 SC

Headnote :

The appellant contested the respondent\'s election to the state Assembly, claiming that during the scrutiny of nomination papers, the returning officer wrongly rejected the nomination of one candidate. This candidate\'s name was not listed on the electoral rolls for the constituency where he submitt...

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Banwari Dass Vs. Summer Chand & Ors [1974] INSC 32 (13 February 1974)

Judgement Date : february/1974, Citation : 1974 Latest Caselaw 32 SC

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The appellant and the respondent contested an election for a ward in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi, resulting in the appellant being declared the winner. Respondent no. 1 subsequently filed an election petition challenging the appellant\'s victory, alleging corrupt practices and requesting to b...

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Loknath Padhan Vs. Birendra Kumar Sahu [1974] INSC 11 (16 January 1974)

Judgement Date : january/1974, Citation : 1974 Latest Caselaw 11 SC

Headnote :

The appellant submitted an election petition contesting the election of the respondent to the State Legislative Assembly, claiming that the respondent had a standing contract with the State Government for the execution of government works, which would disqualify him under section 9A of the Represent...

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Satya Narain Vs. Dhuja Ram & Ors [1973] INSC 254 (21 December 1973)

Judgement Date : december/1973, Citation : 1973 Latest Caselaw 254 SC

Headnote :

The initial segment of section 81(3) of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 states that every election petition must be submitted with a sufficient number of copies equal to the number of respondents listed in the petition. Additionally, section 96(1) stipulates that the High Court is require...

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Baburao Bagaji Karemore & Ors Vs. Govind & Ors [1973] INSC 219 (27 November 1973)

Judgement Date : november/1973, Citation : 1973 Latest Caselaw 219 SC

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The first respondent was declared elected to the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly after receiving the highest number of votes.His election was contested by four voters on various allegations of corrupt practices under section 100 in conjunction with subsections 1, 2, 3, 3A, 4, 5, and 6 of section 12...

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Krishan Gopal Vs. Shri Prakash Chandra & Ors [1973] INSC 201 (8 November 1973)

Judgement Date : november/1973, Citation : 1973 Latest Caselaw 201 SC

Headnote :

Article 224A of the Constitution states that, despite any provisions in Chapter V of Part VI, the Chief Justice of a High Court in any State may, with the prior consent of the President, request any individual who has previously served as a judge of that Court or any other High Court to sit and act...

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Narasingh Charan Mohanty Vs. Surendra Mohanty [1973] INSC 187 (12 October 1973)

Judgement Date : october/1973, Citation : 1973 Latest Caselaw 187 SC

Headnote :

The appellant contested the election of the respondent on the basis of corrupt practices as outlined in subsections (3) and (4) of section 123 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951. The respondent was a candidate from the Utkal Congress, which was founded by BP. Additionally, the respondent...

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Laxminarayan & ANR Vs. Returning Officer & Ors [1973] INSC 181 (28 September 1973)

Judgement Date : september/1973, Citation : 1973 Latest Caselaw 181 SC

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JD and RS were among five candidates vying for election to the Lok Sabha. JD emerged as the winning candidate, while RS received the second highest number of votes. Following the vote counting, RS requested a recount under rule 63 of the Conduct of Election Rules, 1961. In his petition, he claimed t...

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Hariprasad Mulshanker Trivedi Vs. V. B. Raju & Ors [1973] INSC 152 (28 August 1973)

Judgement Date : august/1973, Citation : 1973 Latest Caselaw 152 SC

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Raju, the first respondent, initiated an election petition against the appellant and the fifth respondent, disputing the election to the Council of States from Gujarat. He argued that their names were improperly included in the electoral rolls, as they did not qualify as electors under Section 2(1)(...

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Krishan Chander Vs. Ram Lal [1973] INSC 135 (10 August 1973)

Judgement Date : august/1973, Citation : 1973 Latest Caselaw 135 SC

Headnote :

In his election petition contesting the election of the respondent, the appellant claimed that the respondent and three other unsuccessful candidates engaged in various corrupt practices as defined in subsections (1) to (7) of section 123 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951. The respondent...

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Charan Lal Sahu Vs. Nandkishore Bhatt & Ors [1973] INSC 126 (1 August 1973)

Judgement Date : august/1973, Citation : 1973 Latest Caselaw 126 SC

Headnote :

The individuals in question were elected as members of the Legislative Council of Madhya Pradesh during the elections that took place in 1972.The appellant filed an election petition on June 26, 1972, but failed to submit the required security deposit of Rs. 2000 as stipulated under section 117 of t...

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Manphul Singh Vs. Surinder Singh [1973] INSC 93 (24 April 1973)

Judgement Date : april/1973, Citation : 1973 Latest Caselaw 93 SC

Headnote :

The petitioner submitted an election petition contesting the legitimacy of the Haryana Vidhan Sabha election for the Jhajjar Constituency, which took place on March 11, 1973, where the appellant was declared the winner. The petition included detailed allegations regarding votes cast in the names of...

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Durai Muthuswami Vs. N. Nachiappan & Ors [1973] INSC 88 (23 April 1973)

Judgement Date : april/1973, Citation : 1973 Latest Caselaw 88 SC

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The first respondent was declared elected to the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly, defeating the petitioner, who was his closest competitor. This appeal stems from the dismissal of the election petition filed by the appellant, seeking to overturn the election results. Several grounds were presented b...

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Prahladdas Khandelwal Vs. Narendra Kumar Salve [1972] INSC 213 (11 September 1972)

Judgement Date : september/1972, Citation : 1972 Latest Caselaw 213 SC

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The appellant submitted his nomination papers for the Lok Sabha elections but failed to specify the Parliamentary Constituency he was contesting from. The nomination form was completed in Hindi. Despite the Assistant Returning Officer pointing out this oversight, the appellant did not rectify it.The...

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N. S. Vardachari Vs. G. Vasantra Pai & ANR [1972] INSC 175 (21 August 1972)

Judgement Date : august/1972, Citation : 1972 Latest Caselaw 175 SC

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In 1967, the first respondent and S ran for election to fill a vacant seat in the Madras Legislative Council representing the City Graduates\' constituency. S was declared the winner, but the first respondent contested the election, arguing that (a) political parties were not allowed to sponsor cand...

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S. Narayanaswami Vs. G. Pannerselvam & Ors [1972] INSC 105 (12 April 1972)

Judgement Date : april/1972, Citation : 1972 Latest Caselaw 105 SC

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The respondent contested the appellant\'s election to the Madras Legislative Council from the Madras District Graduates\' Constituency on the following grounds: (1) Article 171 of the Constitution was intended to grant functional representation to individuals with specific educational or other quali...

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Virendra Kumar Saklecha Vs. Jagjiwan & Ors [1972] INSC 91 (22 March 1972)

Judgement Date : march/1972, Citation : 1972 Latest Caselaw 91 SC

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The appellant and three respondents were candidates in the 1967 general election for the Madhya Pradesh Assembly. The appellant won the election, but Respondent No. 1 contested his victory through an election petition, accusing him of engaging in corrupt practices. The petitioner claimed that the ap...

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Raj Narain Vs. Smt. Indira Nehru Gandhi & ANR [1972] INSC 80 (15 March 1972)

Judgement Date : march/1972, Citation : 1972 Latest Caselaw 80 SC

Headnote :

Although a corrupt practice must be proven with strict evidence, it does not mean that the allegations in an election petition require a strict interpretation. The purpose of section 86(5) of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 is to ensure that an individual accused of a corrupt practice is...

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N. E. Horo Vs. Jahan Ara Jaipal Singh [1972] INSC 40 (2 February 1972)

Judgement Date : february/1972, Citation : 1972 Latest Caselaw 40 SC

Headnote :

The respondent, a Tamil by birth and Christian by faith, had married a member of the Munda Scheduled Tribe in Bihar. Following the death of her husband, who was a Lok Sabha member, she ran for election from a Parliamentary (Scheduled Tribe) Constituency in the state.Another candidate, B, raised obje...

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Hardwari Lal Vs. Kanwal Singh [1971] INSC 338 (7 December 1971)

Judgement Date : december/1971, Citation : 1971 Latest Caselaw 338 SC

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The appellant was declared elected to the Haryana Legislative Assembly from the Bahadurgarh constituency. The respondent contested the election on several grounds. In paragraph 16 of the election petition, it was claimed that the appellant engaged in the corrupt practice outlined in section 123(7) o...

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Ram Awadesh Singh Vs. Sumitra Devi & Ors [1971] INSC 334 (3 December 1971)

Judgement Date : december/1971, Citation : 1971 Latest Caselaw 334 SC

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In the midterm election of 1969 in Bihar, the respondent and 11 others ran for the Arrah Assembly Constituency. The appellant was declared the winner, having received the most votes, with the respondent being the closest competitor. The respondent subsequently filed an election petition contesting t...

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P. C. Purushothama Reddiar Vs. S. Perumal [1971] INSC 333 (2 December 1971)

Judgement Date : december/1971, Citation : 1971 Latest Caselaw 333 SC

Headnote :

The appellant contested the legitimacy of the respondent\'s election to the Pondicherry Legislative Assembly on several grounds, including allegations of corrupt practices. The High Court rejected the election petition. In the subsequent appeal to this Court, the appellant argued that (i) the Trial...

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Sadiq Ali & ANR Vs. Election Commission of India & Ors [1971] INSC 307 (11 November 1971)

Judgement Date : november/1971, Citation : 1971 Latest Caselaw 307 SC

Headnote :

The Indian National Congress, recognized as a national party under the Election Symbols (Reservation and Allotment) Order of 1968, used the symbol \"Two Bullocks with Yoke on\" for elections. The Congress operates as a voluntary association governed by its own Constitution. In 1969, due to disagreem...

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Wopansao Vs. N. L. Odyuo & Ors [1971] INSC 166 (28 July 1971)

Judgement Date : july/1971, Citation : 1971 Latest Caselaw 166 SC

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The appellant contested the election of respondent No. 1 to the Naga Land Assembly, arguing that the election results concerning the respondent were significantly influenced by the improper acceptance of votes cast in his favor by members of the 12th Battalion Assam Rifles. The appellant claimed tha...

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Mangi Lal Vs. K. R. Pawar & ANR [1971] INSC 151 (7 May 1971)

Judgement Date : may/1971, Citation : 1971 Latest Caselaw 151 SC

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The appellant contested the election of the first respondent on the following grounds: (1) During the election campaign, it was alleged that at a public meeting, statements were made claiming that the appellants had embezzled funds, and that a weekly publication referred to the appellant as a corrup...

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Bansilal Kohistani Vs. Rishi Kumar Kaushal [1971] INSC 90 (23 March 1971)

Judgement Date : march/1971, Citation : 1971 Latest Caselaw 90 SC

Headnote :

In the 1967 General Election, both the appellant and the respondent submitted their nomination papers to contest for the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly from the Reasi Assembly Constituency. The appellant was declared elected. However, the respondent filed an election petition contesting the...

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Bhanu Kumar Shastri Vs. Mohan Lal Sukhadia & Ors [1971] INSC 30 (22 January 1971)

Judgement Date : january/1971, Citation : 1971 Latest Caselaw 30 SC

Headnote :

The first respondent won the election for the State Legislative Assembly while serving as the Chief Minister. The petitioner contested the election, claiming that the first respondent engaged in corrupt practices as defined in section 123(1) of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, by making p...

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Thepfulo Nakhro Angami Vs. Shrimati Ravalu Alias Reno M. Shaiza [1971] INSC 26(21 January 1971)

Judgement Date : january/1971, Citation : 1971 Latest Caselaw 26 SC

Headnote :

An election petition included allegations against the appellant under section 123(6) in conjunction with section 77 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951. The High Court ruled against the appellant, although it cleared him of some charges. Subsequently, the appellant appealed to this Court u...

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Allen Berry & Co. (P) Ltd. Vs. Union of India, New Delhi [1971] INSC 1 (5 January 1971)

Judgement Date : january/1971, Citation : 1971 Latest Caselaw 1 SC

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The Director General of Disposals, through written correspondence and sale notes, sold surplus materials from the United States, including vehicles and other items, to the appellant company. Disputes arose between the parties regarding both the contents and the quantity of vehicles to be delivered u...

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D. P. Mishra Vs. Kamal Narain Sharma & Ors [1970] INSC 258 (18 December 1970)

Judgement Date : december/1970, Citation : 1970 Latest Caselaw 258 SC

Headnote :

When the Supreme Court dismissed the appellant\'s appeal against the High Court\'s determination of the appellant\'s guilt for corrupt practices under section 123(4) of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, it ordered that S, who served as the editor, publisher, and printer of the daily newspa...

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Pampakavi Rayappa Belagali Vs. B. D. Jatti & Ors [1970] INSC 218 (15 October 1970)

Judgement Date : october/1970, Citation : 1970 Latest Caselaw 218 SC

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Through an election petition, two voters from the constituency, the appellants, contested the election of the first respondent to the Mysore Legislative Assembly in 1967 for the Jamkhandi constituency. They alleged, among other things, that the first respondent had stopped being a person who ordinar...

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Shiv Kirpal Singh Vs. Shri V. V. Giri [1970] INSC 191 (14 September 1970)

Judgement Date : september/1970, Citation : 1970 Latest Caselaw 191 SC

Headnote :

The election for the President of India that took place in August 1969 was contested through five election petitions submitted to this Court. The primary issue for consideration was whether the distribution of an anonymous pamphlet containing defamatory remarks about one of the candidates, as allege...

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Magraj Patodia Vs. R. K. Birla & Ors [1970] INSC 184 (10 September 1970)

Judgement Date : september/1970, Citation : 1970 Latest Caselaw 184 SC

Headnote :

The appellant contested the election of the first respondent to the Lok Sabha in 1967, primarily arguing that the first respondent engaged in corrupt practices as defined under Section 123(6) of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, by incurring or authorizing expenditures that exceeded the li...

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Bhaiya Ram Munda Vs. Anirudh Patar & Ors [1970] INSC 162 (14 August 1970)

Judgement Date : august/1970, Citation : 1970 Latest Caselaw 162 SC

Headnote :

In Part III of the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order of 1950, which was issued by the President of India under Article 342, the Munda tribe is recognized as a scheduled tribe, while the Patar tribe is not. The first respondent, who belongs to the Patar tribe, was elected to the Bihar Legislative...

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Jagat Kishore Prasad Narain Singh Vs. Rajendra Kumar Poddar & Ors [1970] INSC 160 (14 August 1970)

Judgement Date : august/1970, Citation : 1970 Latest Caselaw 160 SC

Headnote :

The appellant filed an election petition contesting the legitimacy of the first respondent\'s election to the Rajya Sabha from Bihar, which took place in March 1968. The petition raised issues including claims of corrupt practices by the first respondent. The High Court identified significant incons...

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Manni Lal Vs. Shri Parmai Lal & Ors [1970] INSC 158 (13 August 1970)

Judgement Date : august/1970, Citation : 1970 Latest Caselaw 158 SC

Headnote :

The appellant contested the election of the first respondent to the State Legislative Assembly on the following grounds: (1) the respondent was disqualified under section 8(2) of the Representation of the People Act, as he was convicted of offenses under the Penal Code at the time of his election, a...

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D. P. Mishra Vs. Kamal Narayan Sharma & ANR [1970] INSC 64 (13 March 1970)

Judgement Date : march/1970, Citation : 1970 Latest Caselaw 64 SC

Headnote :

The first respondent contested the appellant\'s election, alleging that he engaged in various corrupt practices during the election held in June 1963. The Election Tribunal dismissed these allegations and rejected the petition. However, the High Court later accepted an appeal under Section 116A of t...

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Kanta Kathuria Vs. Manak Chand Surana [1969] INSC 292 (16 October 1969)

Judgement Date : october/1969, Citation : 1969 Latest Caselaw 292 SC

Headnote :

Disputes arose between the State of Rajasthan and a company, leading to arbitration, with the Government Advocate appointed to represent the State. An additional advocate was designated to assist the Government Advocate; however, since this advocate was unable to appear, the appellant was not appoin...

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Om Prakash Vs. Lalchand & ANR [1969] INSC 181 (14 August 1969)

Judgement Date : august/1969, Citation : 1969 Latest Caselaw 181 SC

Headnote :

The initial respondent was the victorious candidate from an assembly constituency in Hissar District, Haryana, during the mid-term elections held in May 1968. The appellant, one of the defeated candidates, filed an election petition citing several grounds for support: (1) that the poster marked as E...

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B.P. Maurya Vs. Prakash Vir Shastri & Ors [1969] INSC 180 (14 August 1969)

Judgement Date : august/1969, Citation : 1969 Latest Caselaw 180 SC

Headnote :

The appellant contested the election of the respondent, alleging that the respondent engaged in various corrupt practices, including making false statements about the appellant\'s personal character. The High Court found the allegations unproven and dismissed the appeal.HELD: The provisions in subse...

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Kabul Singh Vs. Kundan Singh & Ors [1969] INSC 177 (13 August 1969)

Judgement Date : august/1969, Citation : 1969 Latest Caselaw 177 SC

Headnote :

In the elections for the Punjab Legislative Council from the local authorities constituency, the appellant, who was declared elected, received one more vote than the first respondent. The first respondent contested the election of the appellant, arguing that the vote of H should be deemed void becau...

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Ram Dayal Vs. Brijraj Singh & Ors [1969] INSC 133 (30 April 1969)

Judgement Date : april/1969, Citation : 1969 Latest Caselaw 133 SC

Headnote :

The first respondent was elected to the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly in February 1967. The appellant, a voter from the constituency, contested his election through an election petition, arguing that the Returning Officer had unlawfully rejected the nomination paper of one D and that the respo...

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Shaik Mohammad Umar Saheb Vs. Kalaskar Hasham Karimsab & Ors [1969] INSC 70 (11 March 1969)

Judgement Date : march/1969, Citation : 1969 Latest Caselaw 70 SC

Headnote :

The first respondent contested the appellant\'s election to the Sangli City Municipality, which took place in June 1967, under the provisions of the Maharashtra Municipalities Act, 1965. It was claimed that the respondent had disseminated pamphlets containing defamatory remarks against him, specific...

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H. Vs. Kamath Vs. Ch. Nitiraj Singh [1969] INSC 56 (24 February 1969)

Judgement Date : february/1969, Citation : 1969 Latest Caselaw 56 SC

Headnote :

The appellant, who was an unsuccessful candidate, filed an election petition seeking to annul the election of the respondent, who was elected as a Congress candidate for a Parliamentary constituency. The respondent faced allegations of various corrupt practices, including: (i) an ordinance passed by...

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Sheikh Abdul Rehman Vs. Jagat Ram Aryan [1969] INSC 32 (11 February 1969)

Judgement Date : february/1969, Citation : 1969 Latest Caselaw 32 SC

Headnote :

Section 51(a) of the Jammu and Kashmir Constitution stipulates that an individual must take and subscribe to an oath or affirmation in the specified format before an authorized person in order to be eligible for election to the State Legislature. The Election Commission has designated the Returning...

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Khaje Khanavar Khaderkhan Hussain Khan& Ors Vs. Siddavanballi Nijalingappa & ANR [1969] INSC 24 (4 February 1969)

Judgement Date : february/1969, Citation : 1969 Latest Caselaw 24 SC

Headnote :

The first respondent, who served as the Chief Minister of the State, and the first appellant were candidates for the Mysore Legislative Assembly election from the Shiggaon constituency. The election schedule announced that the last date for filing nominations was January 20, 1967, with scrutiny set...

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Kanti Prasad Jayshanker Yagnik Vs. Purshottamdas Ranchhoddas Patel & Ors [1969] INSC 13 (24 January 1969)

Judgement Date : january/1969, Citation : 1969 Latest Caselaw 13 SC

Headnote :

The election poll for the Gujarat State Assembly from the Mehsana constituency took place on February 21, 1967. On February 18, 1967, an individual named S.M. addressed public gatherings in various villages within the constituency. The appellant, who emerged as the winning candidate, attended these...

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Sheodhan Singh Vs. Mohan Lal Gautam [1969] INSC 12 (24 January 1969)

Judgement Date : january/1969, Citation : 1969 Latest Caselaw 12 SC

Headnote :

The appellant contested the respondent\'s election to the U.P. Legislative Assembly, which took place in February 1967, through an election petition citing various reasons, including claims of corrupt practices. In response, the respondent presented two preliminary objections to the High Court: (i)...

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Manubhai, Nandlal Amersey Vs. Popatial Manilal Joshi & Ors [1969] INSC 2 (7 January 1969)

Judgement Date : january/1969, Citation : 1969 Latest Caselaw 2 SC

Headnote :

The appellant, the Swatantra party candidate, was declared elected to the Lok Sabha as against the Congress party candidate. On April 10, 1967, the first respondent, an elector in the constituency filed an election petition. In the petition he charged the appellant with corrupt practice under s. 123...

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R.M. Seshadri Vs. G. Vasantha Pai [1968] INSC 302 (29 November 1968)

Judgement Date : november/1968, Citation : 1968 Latest Caselaw 302 SC

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The appellant was elected to the Madras Legislative Council representing the Madras District Graduates Constituency. His election was contested by the respondent, his closest rival, through an election petition that primarily claimed that numerous cars were used to transport voters to the polling bo...

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Guruji Shrihar Baliram Jivatode Vs. Vithalrao & Ors [1968] INSC 281 (19 November 1968)

Judgement Date : november/1968, Citation : 1968 Latest Caselaw 281 SC

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The appellant was the winning candidate from the Rajura constituency in the Maharashtra State Legislative Assembly during the general elections held in February 1967. The first respondent, a defeated candidate, contested the appellant\'s election through an election petition. The High Court determin...

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Vidya Sagar Joshi Vs. Surinder Nath Gautam [1968] INSC 216 (13 September 1968)

Judgement Date : september/1968, Citation : 1968 Latest Caselaw 216 SC

Headnote :

The appellant sought a Congress ticket to run for election to the Legislative Assembly and made certain deposits, which, per Congress Party rules, were refundable if he was not selected. However, these deposits would be forfeited if he ran against the official Congress candidate. After being denied...

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Joshbhai Chunibhai Patel Vs. Anwar Beg A. Mirza [1968] INSC 214 (13 September 1968)

Judgement Date : september/1968, Citation : 1968 Latest Caselaw 214 SC

Headnote :

The appellant contested the election of the respondent to the Gujarat State Legislative Assembly held in February 1967, arguing, among other things, that the respondent had engaged in corrupt practices as defined under section 123(5) of the Representation of the People Act, 1951. It was claimed that...

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Lakhi Prasad Agarwal Vs. Nathmal Dokania [1968] INSC 204 (6 September 1968)

Judgement Date : september/1968, Citation : 1968 Latest Caselaw 204 SC

Headnote :

The election of the respondent to the Bihar Legislative Assembly during the 1967 general election was contested by the appellant, a defeated candidate, through an election petition. Attached as Annexure 2 to the petition was a pamphlet that was claimed to have been distributed by the respondent and...

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K. Venkateswara Rao & ANR Vs. Bekkam Narasimha Reddi & Ors [1968] INSC 188 (13 August 1968)

Judgement Date : august/1968, Citation : 1968 Latest Caselaw 188 SC

Headnote :

The appellants challenged the election of the first respondent to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly during the General Election held in 1967 through an election petition.They alleged that various corrupt practices were committed by the first respondent, along with his agents and supporters. On...

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Mohan Raj Vs. Surendra Kumar Taparia & Ors [1968] INSC 187 (12 August 1968)

Judgement Date : august/1968, Citation : 1968 Latest Caselaw 187 SC

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Seven candidates were officially nominated for election from a Parliamentary constituency, but two candidates withdrew from the race. The first respondent, one of the remaining five candidates, was declared the winner. The election was contested by the appellant, an elector, on several grounds. In t...

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Narbada Prasad Vs. Chhagan Lal & Ors [1968] INSC 166 (30 July 1968)

Judgement Date : july/1968, Citation : 1968 Latest Caselaw 166 SC

Headnote :

The election of the appellant to the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly from the Khategaon constituency was contested on two main grounds: (1) The Returning Officer improperly rejected the nomination paper of one of the candidates; and (2) There was a breach of section 123 of the Representation of...

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Umrao Singh Vs. Darbara Singh & Ors [1968] INSC 162 (25 July 1968)

Judgement Date : july/1968, Citation : 1968 Latest Caselaw 162 SC

Headnote :

The appellant, who lost to the first respondent in the 1967 General Election for the Punjab Vidhan Sabha, contested the latter\'s election on the basis that the respondent was disqualified from being elected as a member of the Assembly due to holding an office of profit under the State Government at...

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Konappa Rudrappa Nadgouda Vs. Vishwanath Reddy & ANR [1968] INSC 156 (18 July 1968)

Judgement Date : july/1968, Citation : 1968 Latest Caselaw 156 SC

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The appellant and the first respondent were candidates in the February 1967 elections for the Yadagiri constituency, which the first respondent won. The appellant contested the election by filing a petition, arguing that he was a partner in a firm that had two ongoing contracts with the State Govern...

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Abdul Rahiman Khan Vs. Sadasiva Tripathi [1968] INSC 150 (15 July 1968)

Judgement Date : july/1968, Citation : 1968 Latest Caselaw 150 SC

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The appellant\'s bids to undertake certain contracts with the State of Orissa were accepted, but the final contracts were not formalized on behalf of the Governor. The appellant completed part of the work and subsequently requested the authorities to terminate the contract without incurring any pena...

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S. Rajagopal Vs. C. M. Armugam & Ors [1968] INSC 146 (3 May 1968)

Judgement Date : may/1968, Citation : 1968 Latest Caselaw 146 SC

Headnote :

In 1950, during the election, the appellant defeated respondent No. 1, who subsequently filed an election petition under Section 81 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951.The petition argued that the appellant was not a Hindu but a Christian, and thus was not eligible to be a candidate from a...

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Amrit Lal Ambalal Patel Vs. Himatbhai Gomanbhai Patel & ANR [1968] INSC 144 (3 May 1968)

Judgement Date : may/1968, Citation : 1968 Latest Caselaw 144 SC

Headnote :

The appellant emerged victorious in the 1967 State Legislative Assembly Elections. The scrutiny of nominations was scheduled for January 21, 1967, and the actual voting occurred on February 18, 1967. However, the appellant\'s election was contested on the basis that he was under 25 years of age and...

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Harcharan Singh Vs. Mohinder Singh & Ors [1968] INSC 134 (1 May 1968)

Judgement Date : may/1968, Citation : 1968 Latest Caselaw 134 SC

Headnote :

The appellant submitted his nomination papers for a seat in the Vidhan Sabha for a constituency that was different from the one where he was registered as a voter. Along with his nomination papers, he provided an application for a certified extract, which included a certificate on the back that cont...

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Ghasi Ram Vs. Dal Singh & Ors [1968] INSC 31 (7 February 1968)

Judgement Date : february/1968, Citation : 1968 Latest Caselaw 31 SC

Headnote :

The first respondent was elected to the Haryana State Legislative Assembly during the elections held on February 19, 1967. The appellant contested his election through an election petition, claiming, among other things, that before the election, the respondent, who was a Minister in the State Govern...

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Sahodrabairai Vs. Ram Singh Aharwar [1968] INSC 25 (2 February 1968)

Judgement Date : february/1968, Citation : 1968 Latest Caselaw 25 SC

Headnote :

The appellant submitted an election petition that included a pamphlet as an annexure. The petition contained an English translation of the pamphlet, which was stated to be part of the petition. The first respondent objected, claiming that a copy of the pamphlet was not attached to the version of the...

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Pashupati Nath Singh Vs. Harihar Prasad Singh [1968] INSC 12 (22 January 1968)

Judgement Date : january/1968, Citation : 1968 Latest Caselaw 12 SC

Headnote :

The appellant contested the election of the respondent to the Bihar Legislative Assembly through an election petition, arguing that his nomination paper had been wrongly rejected by the Returning Officer. On January 21, 1967, the scheduled date for the scrutiny of nomination papers as per section 36...

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Hira Singh Pal Vs. Madan Lal [1968] INSC 8 (15 January 1968)

Judgement Date : january/1968, Citation : 1968 Latest Caselaw 8 SC

Headnote :

The respondent submitted two nomination papers to contest the 1967 general election for the Legislative Assembly from a constituency in Himachal Pradesh. Both papers were rejected during the scrutiny process. The first nomination was dismissed because the name of the proposer was incorrectly listed...

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Ravindra Nath Vs. Raghbir Singh & ANR [1967] INSC 166 (4 August 1967)

Judgement Date : august/1967, Citation : 1967 Latest Caselaw 166 SC

Headnote :

On May 10, 1966, the appellant filed an election petition contesting the election of the first respondent, which took place on March 28, 1966, for the Rajya Sabha, elected by members of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha. The appellant sought a declaration to be recognized as duly elected to the Rajya Sabha in...

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Rajendra Prasad Jain Vs. Sheel Bhadra Yajee & Ors [1967] INSC 48 (28 February 1967)

Judgement Date : february/1967, Citation : 1967 Latest Caselaw 48 SC

Headnote :

Respondent No. 1 contested the election of the appellant to the Rajya Sabha, alleging corrupt practices that included bribery and the offer of bribery. The Tribunal found that both types of corrupt practices were substantiated against the appellant. The High Court affirmed the Tribunal\'s decision,...

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D.Sanjeevayya Vs. Election Tribunal Andhra Pradesh & Ors [1967] INSC 19 (27 January 1967)

Judgement Date : january/1967, Citation : 1967 Latest Caselaw 19 SC

Headnote :

The second respondent submitted an election petition seeking (1) a declaration that the appellant\'s election to the State Legislative Assembly was invalid, and (2) a declaration that he himself was the rightful winner. While this petition was under consideration, the appellant was appointed as a Mi...

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Kumara Nand Vs. Brijmohan Lal Sharma [1966] INSC 255 (29 November 1966)

Judgement Date : november/1966, Citation : 1966 Latest Caselaw 258 SC

Headnote :

The appellant emerged victorious in the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election. The respondent, one of the defeated candidates, filed an election petition claiming that the appellant engaged in corrupt practices as defined by Section 123(4) of the [Representation of the People Act, 1951](https://ww...

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Shyam Sunder Vs. Satya Ketu & Ors [1966] INSC 204 (5 October 1966)

Judgement Date : october/1966, Citation : 1966 Latest Caselaw 205 SC

Headnote :

In an election for a seat in the U.P. Legislative Council, conducted under the system of proportional representation using the single transferable vote, the respondent was declared the winner. The appellant, also a candidate, contested the election through an election petition, claiming that some ba...

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Meghraj Kothari Vs. Delimitation Commission & Ors [1966] INSC 173 (20 September 1966)

Judgement Date : september/1966, Citation : 1966 Latest Caselaw 173 SC

Headnote :

On July 24, 1964, the Delimitation Commission issued a notification under section 10(1) of the Delimitation Commission Act, 1962, designating Ujjain City, previously a general constituency, as reserved for Scheduled Castes.The appellant, a resident of Ujjain and an Indian citizen, filed a petition u...

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Har Swarup & ANR Vs. Brij Bhushan Saran & Ors [1966] INSC 163 (14 September 1966)

Judgement Date : september/1966, Citation : 1966 Latest Caselaw 163 SC

Headnote :

B and R were both candidates from the same party for the 1962 U.P. Legislative Assembly elections. However, R withdrew his candidacy within the designated withdrawal period, and B was ultimately elected to the Assembly.Following B\'s election, two voters filed a petition to annul his election, claim...

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K. Anandan Nambiar & ANR Vs. Chief Secretary, Government of Madras & Ors [1965] INSC 229 (27 October 1965)

Judgement Date : october/1965, Citation : 1965 Latest Caselaw 229 SC

Headnote :

The petitioners, who were members of Parliament, were detained by the State Government under rule 30(1)(b) of the Defence of India Rules, 1962. They contested the legality of their detention orders on two main grounds: (i) that rule 30(1)(b) was invalid because a legislator cannot be detained in a m...

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Laliteshwar Prasad Sahi Vs. Bateshwar Prasad & Ors [1965] INSC 203 (7 October 1965)

Judgement Date : october/1965, Citation : 1965 Latest Caselaw 203 SC

Headnote :

The appellant filed an election petition contesting the respondent\'s election to the Bihar Legislative Assembly, primarily arguing that the respondent was disqualified under section 7(d) of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, due to a contract with the State Government that was active on Ja...

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Shri Shankar Babaji Savant Vs. Shri Sakharam Vithoba Salunkhe & Ors [1964] INSC 284 (9 December 1964)

Judgement Date : december/1964, Citation : 1964 Latest Caselaw 284 SC

Headnote :

The appellant and respondent were candidates in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly elections, receiving an equal number of votes. Consequently, the returning officer conducted a draw and declared the appellant as the winner. The respondent then filed an election petition, claiming that the polling...

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Ramanbhai Ashabhai Patel Vs. Dabhi Ajithkumar Fulsinji & Ors [1964] INSC 226 (9 October 1964)

Judgement Date : october/1964, Citation : 1964 Latest Caselaw 226 SC

Headnote :

The first respondent aimed to annul the appellant\'s election to the Assembly seat on two primary grounds, among others: (i) the appellant was accused of engaging in corrupt practices as defined by section 123(3) of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, specifically by using a religious symbol...

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Sheopat Singh Vs. Ram Pratap [1964] INSC 185 (28 August 1964)

Judgement Date : august/1964, Citation : 1964 Latest Caselaw 185 SC

Headnote :

The election of the appellant to a position in the Legislative Assembly of the State was contested by the respondent, an elector, on several grounds, including the claim that the appellant engaged in corrupt practices under section 123(4) of the Representation of the People Act (43 of 1951) by distr...

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Kumaranand Vs. Brij Mohan Lal [1964] INSC 180 (24 August 1964)

Judgement Date : august/1964, Citation : 1964 Latest Caselaw 180 SC

Headnote :

Following a petition from the respondent contesting the appellant\'s election to the State Legislative Assembly, the Election Tribunal declared the election invalid under section 100(1)(b) of the Representation of the People Act. The appellant subsequently appealed to the High Court against the Trib...

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Kultar Singh Vs. Mukhtiar Singh [1964] INSC 129 (17 April 1964)

Judgement Date : april/1964, Citation : 1964 Latest Caselaw 129 SC

Headnote :

The respondent contested the appellant\'s election before the Tribunal, claiming it was invalid because the appellant had invoked his religion to garner votes, thus engaging in corrupt practices. The appellant had held seven election meetings where he and his supporters urged voters to support him a...

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Jagdev Singh Sidhanti Vs. Pratap Singh Daulta [1964] INSC 33 (12 February 1964)

Judgement Date : february/1964, Citation : 1964 Latest Caselaw 33 SC

Headnote :

The appellant was elected to the House of the People from a specific parliamentary constituency. Respondent No. 1 contested the appellant\'s election, alleging that the appellant and his agents engaged in various corrupt practices as defined in section 123 of the Representation of the People Act, 19...

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Ram Sewak Yadav Vs. Hussain Kamil Kidwai & Ors [1964] INSC 6 (17 January 1964)

Judgement Date : january/1964, Citation : 1964 Latest Caselaw 6 SC

Headnote :

The respondent contested the election of the appellant, among other reasons, claiming that there was improper handling, acceptance, and rejection of votes during the counting process. He argued that a proper count would have shown him receiving a majority of valid votes, thus entitling him to be dec...

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Ch. Subbarao Vs. Member, Election Tribunal, Hyderabad [1964] INSC 3 (13 January 1964)

Judgement Date : january/1964, Citation : 1964 Latest Caselaw 3 SC

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The third respondent was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Andhra Pradesh during the general elections of 1962. The appellant, a voter from the constituency, filed an election petition contesting the election of the third respondent on various grounds, including allegations of corrupt practices...

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Jabar Singh Vs. Genda Lal [1963] INSC 263 (20 December 1963)

Judgement Date : december/1963, Citation : 1963 Latest Caselaw 291 SC

Headnote :

The appellant was declared elected after defeating the respondent by a margin of 2 votes. Subsequently, the respondent filed an election petition, contesting the validity of the appellant\'s election on the grounds of improper acceptance of votes for the appellant and improper rejection of votes for...

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Vidyacharan Shukla Vs. Khubchand Baghel & Ors [1963] INSC 261 (20 December 1963)

Judgement Date : december/1963, Citation : 1963 Latest Caselaw 289 SC

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The appellant was elected to the House of the People from a constituency in Madhya Pradesh, while the respondents were the other candidates in the election.Respondent No. 1 filed an election petition contesting the appellant\'s election, which was dismissed by the Election Tribunal. Subsequently, th...

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Mohan Singh Vs. Bhanwarlal & Ors [1963] INSC 197 (3 October 1963)

Judgement Date : october/1963, Citation : 1963 Latest Caselaw 225 SC

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The appellant was declared elected to the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly, while another candidate, Himmat Singh, withdrew his candidacy prior to the polling date.Respondent 1, one of the defeated candidates, contested the election through a petition under the Representation of the People Act, c...

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Gurugobinda Basu Vs. Sankari Prasad Ghosal & Ors [1963] INSC 168 (14 August 1963)

Judgement Date : august/1963, Citation : 1963 Latest Caselaw 196 SC

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The appellant was a chartered accountant and a partner in an auditing firm that served as auditors for two companies, among others, registered under the Indian Companies Act of 1956. One of these companies was fully owned by the Union Government, while the other was entirely owned by the West Bengal...

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Murarka Radhey Shyam Ram Kumar Vs. Roop Singh Rathore & Ors [1963] INSC 136 (7 May 1963)

Judgement Date : may/1963, Citation : 1963 Latest Caselaw 164 SC

Headnote :

The election of the appellant to the House of the People during the third general elections in February 1962 was contested by two electors from the appellant\'s constituency, who filed petitions to annul the election. One of these electors, B, had his nomination paper rejected by the returning offic...

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Bijayananda Patnaik Vs. Satrughna Sahu & Ors [1963] INSC 70 (26 March 1963)

Judgement Date : march/1963, Citation : 1963 Latest Caselaw 70 SC

Headnote :

One S filed an election petition against the appellant, who had been declared elected to the State Legislative Assembly.The appellant submitted a request to the Tribunal to dismiss the petition under Section 90(3) of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, citing noncompliance with the provision...

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Kameshwar Prasad & Ors Vs. The State of Bihar & ANR [1962] INSC 69 (22 February 1962)

Judgement Date : february/1962, Citation : 1962 Latest Caselaw 69 SC

Headnote :

On August 16, 1957, the Government of Bihar issued a notification that added rule 4-A to the Bihar Government Servants\' Conduct Rules, 1956. This rule stated, \"No Government servant shall participate in any demonstration or engage in any form of strike related to their conditions of service.\" The...

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Badri Narayan Singh Vs. Kamdeo Prasad Singh & ANR [1961] INSC 277 (22 September 1961)

Judgement Date : september/1961, Citation : 1961 Latest Caselaw 277 SC

Headnote :

The Election Tribunal, upon the petition of the first respondent, annulled the election of the appellant, determining that the appellant, as a Ghatwal, did not hold an office of profit and was found guilty of corrupt practices. However, the Tribunal did not grant the first respondent\'s request to d...

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Rangilal Choudhury Vs. Dahu Sao & Ors [1961] INSC 188 (26 April 1961)

Judgement Date : april/1961, Citation : 1961 Latest Caselaw 188 SC

Headnote :

The appellant was elected as a member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly in a bye-election for the Dhanbad constituency, winning by a majority of votes. However, the respondent\'s nomination paper was rejected by the Returning Officer because the respondent\'s proposer mistakenly nominated him for th...

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Rameshwar Dayal Vs. The State of Punjab & Ors [1960] INSC 265 (5 December 1960)

Judgement Date : december/1960, Citation : 1960 Latest Caselaw 265 SC

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The legitimacy of the appointments of respondents 2 to 6 as District Judges was contested in a petition submitted by the appellant under Article 226 of the Constitution of India to the High Court of Punjab. The challenge was based on the assertion that the appointments violated Article 233(2) of the...

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Ameer Trading Corporation Ltd. Vs. Shapoorji Data Processing Ltd [1960] INSC 264(5 December 1960)

Judgement Date : december/1960, Citation : 1960 Latest Caselaw 264 SC

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Ram Padarath Mahto Vs. Mishri Singh & ANR [1960] INSC 202 (17 November 1960)

Judgement Date : november/1960, Citation : 1960 Latest Caselaw 202 SC

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The appellant was part of a joint Hindu family that operated as government stockists of grain under a contract with the Government of Bihar. His nomination for the Bihar Legislative Assembly election was rejected on the basis that he was disqualified under section 7(d) of the Representation of the P...

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Brijendralal Gupta & ANR Vs. Jwalaprasad & Ors [1960] INSC 86 (22 April 1960)

Judgement Date : april/1960, Citation : 1960 Latest Caselaw 86 SC

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Thirteen candidates submitted their nomination papers for the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly elections. The nomination of candidate U was rejected because he did not provide a declaration of his age as required. After the election, the appellants were declared elected. Subsequently, one of the...

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Shri Balwan Singh Vs. Shri Lakshmi Narain & Ors [1960] INSC 29 (23 February 1960)

Judgement Date : february/1960, Citation : 1960 Latest Caselaw 29 SC

Headnote :

The first respondent submitted an election petition seeking a declaration that the appellant\'s election was invalid, alleging that the appellant engaged in corrupt practices as defined under section 123(5) of the Representation of the People Act, 1951. Specifically, it was claimed that the appellan...

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Rani Drig Raj Kuer Vs. Raja Sri Amar Krishna Narain Singh [1959] INSC 151 (14 December 1959)

Judgement Date : december/1959, Citation : 1959 Latest Caselaw 151 SC

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The respondent, owner of Ramnagar Estate, initiated legal action against the appellant, owner of Ganeshpur Estate, seeking the recovery of certain properties. In response, the appellant filed a counter-suit against the respondent. During the ongoing litigation, the appellant was declared mentally un...

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S. M. Banerji Vs. Sri Krishna Agarwal [1959] INSC 139 (20 November 1959)

Judgement Date : november/1959, Citation : 1959 Latest Caselaw 139 SC

Headnote :

The appellant was employed in a government position and was dismissed from service on January 24, 1956, for reasons unrelated to corruption or disloyalty to the State. He submitted his nomination papers for a parliamentary election, which did not indicate any disqualifications. No objections were ra...

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Shri Vs. V. Giri Vs. Dippala Suri Dora & Ors [1959] INSC 92 (20 may 1959)

Judgement Date : may/1959, Citation : 1959 Latest Caselaw 92 SC

Headnote :

In a double-member parliamentary constituency, one seat was designated for scheduled tribes while the other was open to the general public. Four candidates submitted their nominations for the election: G1 and G2 for the general seat, and S1 and S2 for the reserved seat. The votes cast during the ele...

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Ram Dial Vs. Sant Lal & Ors [1959] INSC 50 (23 April 1959)

Judgement Date : april/1959, Citation : 1959 Latest Caselaw 50 SC

Headnote :

This appeal was made against the simultaneous rulings of the Election Tribunal and the High Court, which annulled the appellant\'s election to the Punjab Legislative Assembly based on an election petition filed by respondent No. 1. The annulment was due to allegations of corrupt practices involving...

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Bhagwan Singh Vs. Rameshwar Prasad Sastri & Ors [1959] INSC 34 (14 April 1959)

Judgement Date : april/1959, Citation : 1959 Latest Caselaw 34 SC

Headnote :

The election of the appellant to the Bihar State Assembly was contested under section 7(d) of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, by the first respondent, who was also a candidate in the same constituency. The challenge was based on the claim that at the time of his nomination, the appellant...

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Chandrika Prasad Tripathi Vs. Shri Siv Prasad Chanpuria & Ors [1959] INSC 32 (9 April 1959)

Judgement Date : april/1959, Citation : 1959 Latest Caselaw 32 SC

Headnote :

The respondent filed an election petition contesting the election of the appellant. The security deposit required under Section 117 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 was stated as follows:\"Security deposits for the Election Petition of Bargi Assembly Constituency No. 97, District Jabalp...

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Om Prabha Jain Vs. Gian Chand & ANR [1959] INSC 30 (1 April 1959)

Judgement Date : april/1959, Citation : 1959 Latest Caselaw 30 SC

Headnote :

Section 117 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 states: \"The petitioner must attach a Government Treasury receipt with the petition, indicating that a deposit of one thousand rupees has been made by him... in favor of the Secretary to the Election Commission as security for the costs of t...

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Raja Bahadur K. C. Deo Bhanj Vs. Raghunath Misra & Ors [1958] INSC 137 (18 December 1958)

Judgement Date : december/1958, Citation : 1958 Latest Caselaw 137 SC

Headnote :

The appellant was declared elected to the Orissa Legislative Assembly, but the first respondent filed an election petition contesting the election on the grounds that the appellant engaged in corrupt practices under Section 123(7)(f) of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, by enlisting the he...

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N. T. Veluswami Thevar, Vs. G. Raja Nainar & Ors [1958] INSC 121; (24 November 1958)

Judgement Date : november/1958, Citation : 1958 Latest Caselaw 121 SC

Headnote :

The nomination paper of the fourth respondent, a candidate for the State Legislative Assembly election, was rejected by the returning officer on the basis that he was disqualified under sections 7(d) and (e) of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 due to his position as Headmaster of a Governm...

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Shree Vinod Kumar & Ors Vs. State of Himachal Pradesh [1958] INSC 99 (10 October 1958)

Judgement Date : october/1958, Citation : 1958 Latest Caselaw 99 SC

Headnote :

The petitioners, who owned land in Himachal Pradesh, contested the constitutional validity of the Himachal Pradesh Abolition of Big Landed Estates and Land Reforms Act, 1953 (Himachal 15 of 1954). This Act was claimed to have been enacted by the Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh, which was op...

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M. Ramappa Vs. Sangappa & Ors [1958] INSC 68 (21 August 1958)

Judgement Date : august/1958, Citation : 1958 Latest Caselaw 68 SC

Headnote :

The Returning Officer rejected the nomination papers of three candidates for State Assembly membership, stating that the first two were Patels and the third was a Shanbhog from their respective villages, thus classifying them as holders of offices of profit under the Government. This disqualified th...

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S. B. Adityan Vs. S. Kandaswami & Ors [1958] INSC 54 (30 April 1958)

Judgement Date : april/1958, Citation : 1958 Latest Caselaw 54 SC

Headnote :

Following the election, the appellant was declared elected to the Madras Legislative Assembly. Respondent No. 1 submitted an election petition requesting that the appellant\'s election be declared invalid. The petition claimed that two candidates in the election had accepted money from the appellant...

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Inamati Mallappa Basappa Vs. Desai Basavaraj Ayyappa & Ors [1958] INSC 45 (22 April 1958)

Judgement Date : april/1958, Citation : 1958 Latest Caselaw 45 SC

Headnote :

A, the candidate who lost in an election, initiated an election petition against B, the winning candidate, seeking a declaration that B\'s election was invalid and asserting that he should be declared the winner since he received the next highest number of valid votes. On the first day of the hearin...

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Maulana Abdul Shakur Vs. Rikhab Chand & ANR [1957] INSC 66 (12 September 1957)

Judgement Date : september/1957, Citation : 1957 Latest Caselaw 66 SC

Headnote :

The appellant served as the manager of a school operated by a management committee established under the Durgah Khwaja Saheb Act of 1955. His appointment was made by the administrator of Durgah Khwaja Saheb, and he received a monthly salary of Rs. 100. He was elected to the Council of States by the...

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Narayan Bhaskar Khare Vs. The Election Commission of India [1957] INSC 43 (3 May 1957)

Judgement Date : may/1957, Citation : 1957 Latest Caselaw 43 SC

Headnote :

The petitioners expressed serious concerns regarding the appropriateness of conducting the Presidential election prior to the completion of the general elections across all of India. They submitted applications under Article 71(1) of the Constitution, as Indian citizens, requesting the Supreme Court...

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H. H. Raja Harinder Singh Vs. S.Karnail Singh [1956] INSC 83 (20 December 1956)

Judgement Date : december/1956, Citation : 1956 Latest Caselaw 83 SC

Headnote :

The deadline for submitting the election petition fell on a Sunday, followed by a public holiday. The petition was filed the day after the holiday.It was determined that Section 10 of the General Clauses Act applied, confirming that the petition was submitted on time.The appellant, who employs a lar...

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Shri Virindar Kumar Satyawadi Vs. The State of Punjab [1955] INSC 67 (22 November 1955)

Judgement Date : november/1955, Citation : 1955 Latest Caselaw 67 SC

Headnote :

It was determined that a Returning Officer, when acting under sections 33 and 36 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 and making decisions regarding the validity of a nomination paper, does not qualify as a court as defined by sections 195(1)(b), 476, and 476-B of the Code of Criminal Proce...

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Sucheta Kripalani Vs. Shri S. S. Dulat, I.C.S [1955] INSC 36 (6 September 1955)

Judgement Date : september/1955, Citation : 1955 Latest Caselaw 36 SC

Headnote :

The Representation of the People Act and its associated Rules delineate separate and distinct roles for the Election Commission and an Election Tribunal regarding the reporting of election expenses.In cases where serious allegations of corrupt practices arise, the Tribunal, as established by law, ha...

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Bhikaji Keshao Joshi & ANR Vs. Brijlal Nandlal Biyani & Ors [1955] INSC 35 (2 May 1955)

Judgement Date : may/1955, Citation : 1955 Latest Caselaw 35 SC

Headnote :

The appellants, who are two electors from the Akola Constituency of the Madhya Pradesh State Assembly, initiated an Election Petition against Respondent No. 1, the winning candidate from the election held on December 13, 1951, along with three other respondents who were validly nominated but lost th...

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N. Satyanathan Vs. K. Subramanyan & Ors [1955] INSC 22 (29 March 1955)

Judgement Date : march/1955, Citation : 1955 Latest Caselaw 22 SC

Headnote :

The issue to be resolved in this appeal was whether the appellant was disqualified under section 7(d) of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 from being elected to the House of the People.The relevant part of section 7(d) of the Act states:\"A person shall be disqualified from being chosen as...

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Rattan Anmol Singh & ANR Vs. Atma Ram & Ors [1954] INSC 71 (21 May 1954)

Judgement Date : may/1954, Citation : 1954 Latest Caselaw 71 SC

Headnote :

According to section 33(1) of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, every nomination paper must be \"subscribed\" by both a proposer and a seconder. In cases where the proposer and seconder are illiterate, as in the current situation, and use thumbprints instead of signatures, the nomination p...

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Vashist Narain Sharma Vs. Dev Chandra & Ors [1954] INSC 69 (20 May 1954)

Judgement Date : may/1954, Citation : 1954 Latest Caselaw 69 SC

Headnote :

The phrase \"the result of the election has been materially affected\" found in section 100 (1) (c) of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, suggests that the outcome should not be assessed solely based on the increase or decrease in the total votes received by the winning candidate. Instead,...

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Dinabandhu Sahu Vs. Jadumoni Mangaraj & Ors [1954] INSC 53 (25 April 1954)

Judgement Date : april/1954, Citation : 1954 Latest Caselaw 53 SC

Headnote :

The Supreme Court, when adjudicating appeals under Article 136 of the Constitution, does not function as a court of further appeal regarding factual matters. It refrains from interfering with findings based on evidence unless those findings are deemed perverse or unsupported by any evidence, particu...

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Raj Krushna Bose Vs. Binod Kanungo & Ors [1954] INSC 8 (4 February 1954)

Judgement Date : february/1954, Citation : 1954 Latest Caselaw 8 SC

Headnote :

(1) The Supreme Court and High Courts possess broad discretionary powers granted by Articles 136 and 226 of the Constitution, respectively, which cannot be diminished or removed by legislative action. Consequently, Section 105 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, which states that every or...

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Jagan Nath Vs. Jaswant Singh & Ors [1954] INSC (20 January 1954)

Judgement Date : january/1954, Citation : 1954 Latest Caselaw 5 SC

Headnote :

The court ruled that: (i) failure to comply with the requirements of section 82 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 (XLIII of 1951), and the exclusion of a relevant party from the list of respondents does not invalidate the proceedings, allowing the tribunal to address the issue according...

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Flection Commission, India Vs. Saka Venkata Subba Rao Union of India [1953] INSC 14 (27 February 1953)

Judgement Date : february/1953, Citation : 1953 Latest Caselaw 14 SC

Headnote :

\"The respondent, who had been convicted and sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for seven years, was elected as a member of the Madras Legislative Assembly. At the request of the Speaker of the Assembly, the Governor of Madras referred to the Election Commission (whose offices are permanently locate...

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N.P. Ponnuswami Vs. Returning Officer, Namakkal Constituency & Ors [1952] INSC 2 (21 January 1952)

Judgement Date : january/1952, Citation : 1952 Latest Caselaw 2 SC

Headnote :

Article 329(b) of the Constitution of India states that \"no election to either House of Parliament or to the House or either House of the Legislature of a State shall be called into question except by an election petition presented to such authority and in such manner as may be provided for, by or...

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Supreme Court (SC) Judgements on Representation of the People Act, 1951

List of Judgements

A. Raja Vs. D. Kumar

Vijay Bahadur Vs. Sunil Kumar &amp; Ors.

Independent Sugar Corporation Limited. Vs. Girish Sriram Juneja

Mohd. Tahir Hussain Vs. State of NCT of Delhi

Anjum Kadari &amp; Anr. Vs. Union of India &amp; Ors.

Kimneo Haokip Hangshing Vs. Kenn Raikhan &amp; Ors.

A. B. Govardhan Vs. P. Ragothaman

Arvind Kejriwal Vs. Directorate of Enforcement

Association for Democratic Reforms Vs. Election Commission of India and Anr.

Karikho Kri Vs. Nuney Tayang and Anr.

Sita Soren Vs. Union of India

Association for Democratic Reforms &amp; Anr. Vs. Union of India &amp; Ors.

K. Babu Vs. M. Swaraj and Ors.

K. Babu Vs. M. Swaraj and Ors.

Afjal Ansari Vs. State of Uttar Pradesh

Dasanglu Pul Vs. Lupalum Kri

Thangjam Arunkumar Vs. Yumkham Erabot Singh &amp; Ors.

Senthilbalaji V. Vs. A.P. Geetha &amp; Ors.

Kanimozhi Karunanidhi Vs. A. Santhana Kumar &amp; Ors.

Haji Abdul Gani Khan &amp; Anr. Vs. Union of India &amp; Ors.

Mahendra Pal vs Ram Dass Malanger And Ors

Anushka Rengunthwar &amp; Ors. Vs. Union of India &amp; Ors.

Ravi Namboothiri Vs. K.A. Baiju

Mohd. Abdullah Azam Khan Vs. Nawab Kazim Ali Khan

K. Madan Mohan Rao Vs. Bheemrao Baswanthrao Patil

S. Rukmini Madegowda Vs. The State Election Commission

Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay Vs. Union of India

M/s. Apex Laboratories Pvt. Ltd. Vs. The Deputy Commissioner of Income Tax, Large Tax Payer Unit - II

Ashish Shelar Vs. The Maharashtra Legislative Assembly

Brajesh Singh Vs. Sunil Arora

Dr. Jaishri Laxmanrao Patil Vs. The Chief Minister

Lok Prahari through its General Secretary S.N. Shukla IAS (Retd.) Vs. Union of India

Association for Democratic Reforms Vs. Union of India

State of Goa Vs. Fouziya Imtiaz Shaikh

BENEDICT DENIS KINNY vs. TULIP BRIAN MIRANDA

RAJENDRA K. BHUTTA vs. MAHARASHTRA HOUSING AND AREA DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY

DHEERAJ MOR vs. HON'BLE HIGH COURT OF DELHI

URMILA DEVI vs. BRANCH MANAGER, NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY LTD.

SATISH UKEY vs. DEVENDRA GANGADHARRAO FADNAVIS

Nitin Bandopant Salagre v. State Election Commission

Public Interest Foundation & Ors. Vs. Union of India & ANR. [September 25, 2018]

Janabai Vs. Additional Commissioner and Others [September 19, 2018]

Shailesh Manubhai Parmar Vs. Election Commission of India Through The Chief Election Commissioner & Ors. [AUGUST 21, 2018]

Government of NCT of Delhi Vs. Union of India & Another [JULY 04, 2018]

Kalpana Mehta and others Vs. Union of India and others [MAY 09, 2018]

Pramod Laxman Gudadhe Vs. Election Commission of India and Ors. [May 09, 2018]

Ram Pal Singh Vs. State of U.P. & Ors. [April 24, 2018]

Madiraju Venkata Ramana Raju Vs. Peddireddigari Ramachandra Reddy & Ors. [March 21, 2018]

Lok Prahari, Through Its General Secretary S.N. Shukla Vs. Union of India & Others [February 16, 2018]

Sagar Pandurang Dhundare Vs. Keshav Aaba Patil and Others [November 13, 2017]

Ms. Eera Through Dr. Manjula Krippendorf Vs. State (Govt. of NCT of Delhi) & ANR. [July 21, 2017]

Kameng Dolo Vs. Atum Welly [May 09, 2017]

National Securities Depository Ltd. Vs. Securities and Exchange Board of India [March 7, 2017]

Kuldeep Singh Pathania Vs. Bikram Singh Jaryal [JANUARY 24, 2017]

Abhiram Singh Vs. C.D. Commachen (Dead) by LRS. & Ors. [January 02, 2017]

Sri Mairembam Prithviraj @ Prithviraj Singh Vs. Shri Pukhrem Sharatchandra Singh [October 28, 2016]

Navjot Singh Sidhu Vs. Om Parkash Soni & Ors. [OCTOBER 26, 2016]

Mohammad Sadique Vs. Darbara Singh Guru [April 29, 2016]

Ajay Arjun Singh Vs. Sharadendu Tiwari & Others [March 15, 2016]

Pankajakshi (Dead) Through L.Rs. & Others Vs. Chandrika & Others [February 25, 2016]

Rajbala & Others Vs. State of Haryana & Others [December 10, 2015]

Pukhrem Sharatchandra Singh Vs. Mairembam Prithviraj @ Prithibiraj Singh [October 01, 2015]

Election Commission of India Vs. Bajrang Bahadur Singh & Others [April 9, 2015]

Mohd. Akbar Vs. Ashok Sahu & Ors. [February 27, 2015]

Madras Bar Association Vs. Union of India and another [September 25, 2014]

Anvar P.V. Vs. P.K. Basheer and others [September 18, 2014]

C.P. John Vs. Babu M. Palissery & Ors. [September 11, 2014]

Ashraf Kokkur Vs. K.V. Abdul Khader Etc. [August 29, 2014]

Manoj Narula Vs. Union of India [August 27, 2014]

Balram Singh Yadav@ Balram Yadav Vs. Abhay Kumar Singh [May 13, 2014]

Kisan Shankar Kathore Vs. Arun Dattatray Sawant & Ors. [May 9, 2014]

Pravasi Bhalai Sangathan Vs. Union of India & Ors. [March 12, 2014]

Arikala Narasa Reddy Vs. Venkata Ram Reddy Reddygari & ANR. [February 4, 2014]

Dr. Subramanian Swamy Vs. Election Commission of India [OCTOBER 8, 2013]

Peopleâ€™s Union for Civil Liberties & ANR. Vs. Union of India & ANR. [SEPTEMBER 27, 2013]

Resurgence India Vs. Election Commission of India & ANR. [SEPTEMBER 13, 2013]

Devendra Patel vs. Ram Pal Singh & Ors. [SEPTEMBER 6, 2013]

Vijay Bahadur Vs. Sunil Kumar & Ors.

Anjum Kadari & Anr. Vs. Union of India & Ors.

Kimneo Haokip Hangshing Vs. Kenn Raikhan & Ors.

Association for Democratic Reforms & Anr. Vs. Union of India & Ors.

Thangjam Arunkumar Vs. Yumkham Erabot Singh & Ors.

Senthilbalaji V. Vs. A.P. Geetha & Ors.

Kanimozhi Karunanidhi Vs. A. Santhana Kumar & Ors.

Haji Abdul Gani Khan & Anr. Vs. Union of India & Ors.

Anushka Rengunthwar & Ors. Vs. Union of India & Ors.

Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam & ANR. Vs. The Election Commission of India