Supreme Court · 1984 INSC 57 · Decided 8 March 1984
A. Younus Kunju v. R.S. Unni & Others
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1984 INSC 57 · [1984] 3 S.C.R. 162
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 5992/1983
- Decided
- 8 March 1984
- Bench
- S. MURTAZA FAZAL ALI, RANGANATH MISRA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Election Law-Representation of People Act, 1951 Section 123(4)-Al!egation ·c of Corrupt Practice and irregularities in the matter of·counting of ballot papecs­ Standard of proof of the charge of corrupt practiCe is the' sarlle in efectioh case, as_in a criminal case. .D E F In "from constit.uency No .. 125 lEravipuram in the Quilon District of that State, there were eight candidates in all but the main contest was between the appellant and the respondent. No. 1. The appellant polled 37,073 while the respondent polled 37,862. There was therefore an e~cess of 789
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