Supreme Court · 2017 INSC 3 · Decided 2 January 2017
Abhiram Singh v. C.D. Commachen (Dead) BY LRS. & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2017 INSC 3 · [2017] 1 S.C.R. 158
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 37/1992
- Decided
- 2 January 2017
- Bench
- T.S. THAKUR, MADAN B. LOKUR, S.A. BOBDE, ADARSH KUMAR GOEL, UDAY UMESH LALIT, D.Y. CHANDRACHUD, L. NAGESWARA RAO (7-judge bench)
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Representation of the People Act Section 123(3)
Headnote
F G H [2017] I S.C.R. 158 ABHIRAM SINGH v. C.D. COMMACHEN (DEAD) BY LRS. & ORS. (Civil Appeal No. 37of1992) JANUARY 02, 2017 [T. S. THAKUR, C.J.l., MADAN B. LOKUR, S. A. BOBDE, ADARSH KUMAR GOEL, UDAY UMESH LALIT, DR. D.Y. CHANDRACHUD AND L. NAGESWARA RAO, JJ.) Representation of the People be interpreted in a manner that assists the elector or 1he electorate and not that assists the candidates - Keeping in view the social context in which sub-section (3) of s.123 was enacted and today's social and technological context, ii is absolutely necesswy to give a broad and purposive
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