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Supreme Court (SC) Judgements on Representation of the People Act, 1950

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Adivasis for Social and Human Rights Action Vs. Union of India & Ors.

Judgement Date : may/2023, Citation : 2023 Latest Caselaw 461 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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Anushka Rengunthwar & Ors. Vs. Union of India & Ors.

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

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Bhadar Ram (D) through LRS. Vs. Jassa Ram

Judgement Date : january/2022, Citation : 2022 Latest Caselaw 13 SC

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State of Uttar Pradesh Vs. Uttam Singh

Judgement Date : august/2021, Citation : 2021 Latest Caselaw 307 SC

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Sunil Kumar Kori & ANR. Vs. Gopal Das Kabra & Ors. Etc. [September 27, 2016]

Judgement Date : september/2016, Citation : 2016 Latest Caselaw 697 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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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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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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Purno Agitok Sangma Vs. Pranab Mukherjee [December 11, 2012]

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

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Sushil Kumar Singhal Vs. Regional Manager Punjab National Bank [2010] INSC 592 (10 August 2010)

Judgement Date : august/2010, Citation : 2010 Latest Caselaw 556 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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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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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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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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Shrikant Vs. Vasantrao & Ors [2006] Insc 30 (20 january 2006)

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

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Tejumal Bhojwani & Ors Vs. State of U.P [2003] INSC 407 (26 August 2003)

Judgement Date : august/2003, Citation : 2003 Latest Caselaw 402 SC

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Shaligram Shrivastava Vs. Naresh Singh Patel [2002] INSC 571 (19 December 2002)

Judgement Date : december/2002, Citation : 2002 Latest Caselaw 571 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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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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Election Commission of India & ANR Vs. Dr. Manmohan Singh & Ors [1999] INSC 410 (1 December 1999)

Judgement Date : december/1999, Citation : 1999 Latest Caselaw 410 SC

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Election Commission of India Vs. Mohd. Abdul Ghani & Ors [1995] INSC 613 (1 November 1995)

Judgement Date : november/1995, Citation : 1995 Latest Caselaw 602 SC

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State of U.P. & Orsetc. Vs. Pradhan Sangh Kshettra Samiti & Ors [1995] INSC 192 (24 March 1995)

Judgement Date : march/1995, Citation : 1995 Latest Caselaw 189 SC

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Election Commission of India Vs. State Bank of India Staff Association Local Head Office [1995] INSC 123 (7 February 1995)

Judgement Date : february/1995, Citation : 1995 Latest Caselaw 121 SC

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Lal Babu Hussein & Ors Vs. Electrol Registration Officer & Ors [1995] INSC 116 (6 February 1995)

Judgement Date : february/1995, Citation : 1995 Latest Caselaw 114 SC

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Ram Deo Bhandari Vs. Election Commission of India [1995] INSC 59 (17 January 1995)

Judgement Date : january/1995, Citation : 1995 Latest Caselaw 58 SC

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Action Committee Vs. Union of India [1994] INSC 387 (18 July 1994)

Judgement Date : july/1994, Citation : 1994 Latest Caselaw 382 SC

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Subhash Desai Vs. Sharad J. Rao [1994] INSC 208 (31 March 1994)

Judgement Date : march/1994, Citation : 1994 Latest Caselaw 205 SC

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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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D.B. Raju Vs. H.J. Kantharaj & Ors [1990] INSC 203 (13 July 1990)

Judgement Date : july/1990, Citation : 1990 Latest Caselaw 203 SC

Headnote :

The appellant challenged the election for the Karnataka State Legislative Council from the Chitradurga Local Authorities Constituency, which includes 121 Mandal Panchayats. The deadline for submitting nomination papers was set for 3:00 p.m. on June 3, 1988, and any revisions to the electoral roll ha...
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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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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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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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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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Thammanna Vs. K. Veera Reddy & Ors [1980] INSC 131 (23 July 1980)

Judgement Date : july/1980, Citation : 1980 Latest Caselaw 131 SC

Headnote :

One V. Krishna Reddy initiated an election petition against Veera Reddy, the first respondent and a successful candidate in the February 1978 elections for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly. The basis for the petition was that the successful candidate was disqualified from being elected to the...
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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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Ramji Prasad Singh Vs. Ram Bilas Jha & Ors [1976] INSC 239 (24 September 1976)

Judgement Date : september/1976, Citation : 1976 Latest Caselaw 239 SC

Headnote :

In March 1972, the Election Commission issued a notification for the Muzaffarpur Local Authorities Constituency to elect one member to the Bihar Legislative Council. Among the constituencies was the Dumra notified area committee. The deadline for submitting nominations was April 5, 1972, with the el...
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Thakur Virendra Singh Vs. Vimal Kumar [1976] INSC 212 (8 September 1976)

Judgement Date : september/1976, Citation : 1976 Latest Caselaw 212 SC

Headnote :

The respondent, who lost in the general election for the State Assembly, challenged the appellant\'s election, alleging that the appellant engaged in corrupt practices as defined by section 100(1)(b) of the Representation of the People Act, 1950. The accusation was based on the appellant\'s distribu...
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Kanhaiyalal Vs. Mannalal & Ors [1976] INSC 70 (23 March 1976)

Judgement Date : march/1976, Citation : 1976 Latest Caselaw 70 SC

Headnote :

In his election petition, Respondent No. 1, an elector from the constituency, claimed that the appellant, who was the winning candidate, printed, published, and personally distributed a pamphlet extensively throughout the constituency. This pamphlet contained statements regarding the personal charac...
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State of Karnataka & Ors Vs. G. Nagappa & Ors [1975] INSC 135 (21 July 1975)

Judgement Date : july/1975, Citation : 1975 Latest Caselaw 133 SC

Headnote :

Section 13 of the Karnataka Municipalities Act, 1964 stipulates that for the election of councillors in a town municipality during a general election, the State Government must, after prior notification, determine: (a) the number of territorial divisions within the municipality, (b) the extent of ea...
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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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Hariprasad Mulshanker Trivedi Vs. V. B. Raju & Ors [1973] INSC 152 (28 August 1973)

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

Headnote :

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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R. Chandran Vs. M. Vs. Marappan [1973] INSC 87 (23 April 1973)

Judgement Date : april/1973, Citation : 1973 Latest Caselaw 87 SC

Headnote :

The appellant was elected as the President of the Village Panchayat in a Tamil Nadu village. The respondent submitted an election petition arguing that the appellant had only recently turned 19 years old, making him ineligible for the presidency. The Election Tribunal rejected the petition; however,...
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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

Headnote :

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

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

Headnote :

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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Pampakavi Rayappa Belagali Vs. B. D. Jatti & Ors [1970] INSC 218 (15 October 1970)

Judgement Date : october/1970, Citation : 1970 Latest Caselaw 218 SC

Headnote :

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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Baidyanath Panjiar Vs. Sitaram Mahto & Ors [1969] INSC 178 (13 August 1969)

Judgement Date : august/1969, Citation : 1969 Latest Caselaw 178 SC

Headnote :

Sub-section (3) of section 23 states that no directive for adding names to the electoral roll of a constituency can be issued after the deadline for submitting nominations for an election in that constituency and before the election is completed.The appellant\'s election to the Bihar Legislative Cou...
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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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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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Mangal Singh & ANR Vs. Union of India [1966] INSC 251 (17 November 1966)

Judgement Date : november/1966, Citation : 1966 Latest Caselaw 254 SC

Headnote :

The Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966 established two new States, Punjab and Haryana, from the former State of Punjab, transferred certain regions to Himachal Pradesh, and designated Chandigarh, which was part of the old State, as a Union territory. The previous State had a bicameral Legislature, and...
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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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Ranjit Singh Vs. Pritam Singh & Ors [1966] INSC 39 (8 February 1966)

Judgement Date : february/1966, Citation : 1966 Latest Caselaw 39 SC

Headnote :

The appellant\'s election to Parliament was contested by the first respondent on the basis that the returning officer had improperly rejected the nomination papers of the third candidate, W, which significantly influenced the election outcome. We submitted three nomination papers, but only one inclu...
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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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Gurugobinda Basu Vs. Sankari Prasad Ghosal & Ors [1963] INSC 168 (14 August 1963)

Judgement Date : august/1963, Citation : 1963 Latest Caselaw 196 SC

Headnote :

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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B. M. Ramaswamy Vs. B. M. Krishnamurthy & Ors [1962] INSC 220; Air 1963 Sc 458; 1963 (3) Scr 479 (30 July 1962)

Judgement Date : july/1962, Citation : 1962 Latest Caselaw 220 SC

Headnote :

Elections were conducted for a Panchayat in the State of Mysore.The appellant, along with five others, submitted their nomination papers by the deadline. Both the appellant and respondent 2 were officially declared elected. However, respondent 1 filed an election petition under section 13 of the Mys...
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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

Headnote :

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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Chief Commissioner, Ajmer Vs. Radhey Shyam Dani [1956] INSC 71 (15 November 1956)

Judgement Date : november/1956, Citation : 1956 Latest Caselaw 71 SC

Headnote :

Sub-section (2) of Section 30 of the Ajmer-Merwara Municipalities Regulation, 1925, as amended, states that \"any individual who is eligible to be registered in the electoral roll for a Parliamentary Constituency under the Representation of the People Act, 1950 (XLIII of 1950), as if that Constituen...
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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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