Content Provider | Supreme Court of India |
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e-ISSN | 30484839 |
Language | English |
Access Restriction | NDLI |
Subject Keyword | Representation of the People Act Election petition |
Content Type | Text |
Resource Type | Law Judgement |
Jurisdiction | India |
Act(s) Referred | Representation of The People Act, 1951 (43 of 1951) |
Case Type | Appeal |
Court | Supreme Court of India |
Disposal Nature | Appeal Dismissed |
Headnote | Election Law : Representation of the People Act, 1951 : Sections 81, 82, 83, 86 and c 117. Election petition - Affidavit - In support of - Defects in - Maintainability of - Effect on - Held: Although neither the verification of the election petition nor the supporting affidavit is in the prescribed form and the petitioner had not specifically set out as to which allegations were true to his personal knowledge and which ones are stated on information, yet the election petition is not liable to be dismissed in limine - Conduct of Election Rules, 1961, R. 94-A and Form 25 - Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, 0.6, R. 16 and 0.7, R.11. Election petition - Verification of - Affidavit - In support of - Defects in - Maintainability of - Effect on - Held : Defect in verification of election petition or the affidavit accompanying it is curable and not fatal - Karnataka High Court Rules, 1959, O.XI, R.4. Election petition - Corrupt practices - Contents of - Vagueness in - Election petition contained necessary facts constituting the cause of action for invalidating the election and the corrupt practices committed by the returned candidate had been substantially pleaded - Held: High Court rightly held that even in respect of one of the corrupt practices material facts and full particulars are not stated, still the election petition cannot be dismissed in limine if in respect of other corrupt practice, the material facts and particulars have been given in accordance with the requirement of S. 83(1} - Election petition - "Material facts" and material "particulars'' -Distinction between -Held : "Material facts" should be fully set out and if any fact is not set out no evidence relating thereto will be permitted to be adduced - Nor can the petition be amended after expiry of period of limitation prescribed for an election petition - As regards want of ''particulars" Court should afford opportunity to include the same. Election petition - Maintainability of - Preliminary objection against - Held : Test to decide preliminary objection is whether any of the reliefs prayed for can be granted if the averments in the petition are proved to be true - lf yes, the petition is maintainable. Section 97 - Recrimination petition - Filing of - By returned candidate - Held : Does not mean that the returned candidate admitted the allegations made in the election petition. Election petition - Recount - Order of - Justification - Held : Has to be decided at the trial after evidence is adduced in that regard. Words and Phrases: ''Material facts" and "Particulars" - Meaning of. |
Judge | Hon'ble Mr. Justice M. Srinivasan |
Neutral Citation | 1999 INSC 19 |
Petitioner | H.d. Revanna |
Respondent | G. Puttaswamy And Ors. |
SCR | [1999] 1 S.C.R. 198 |
Judgement Date | 1999-01-21 |
Case Number | 14211 |
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