Supreme Court · 2021 INSC 881 · Decided 13 December 2021
A. Manju v. Prajwal Revanna @ Prajwal R & Ors
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2021 INSC 881 · [2021] 12 S.C.R. 195
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1774/2020
- Decided
- 13 December 2021
- Bench
- SANJAY KISHAN KAUL, M.M. SUNDRESH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Conduct of Election Rules, 1961 - r.94A - Non-submission of Form 25 - Election petition containing allegations of corrupt practices - Whether election petition can be thrown out at the threshold on a plea of the elected candidate that the petition is not supported by an Held: Non-submission of Form 25 would not lead to the dismissal of the election petition - On facts, looking at the election petition, the prayer clause is followed by a verification - There is also a verifying affidavit in support of the election petition - Thus, factually
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