Supreme Court · 2016 INSC 1194 · Decided 23 August 2016
Ajay Arjun Singh v. Sharadendu Tiwari & Others
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2016 INSC 1194 · [2016] 5 S.C.R. 151
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 8254/2016
- Decided
- 23 August 2016
- Bench
- JASTI CHELAMESWAR, ABHAY MANOHAR SAPRE (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- CPC; Representation of the People Act Section 77, 123(1)
Headnote
5 S.C.R. 151 AJAY ARJUN SINGH v. SHARADENDU TIWARI & OTHERS (Civil Appeal No. 8254of2016) AUGUST 23, 2016 (J. CHELAMESWAR AND ABBAY MANOHAR SAPRE, JJ.) Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 - Or. VL r. 16 - Striking out pleadings - Application u/Or. VJ, r. 16 - For striking out certain pleadings in in an intelligible form - The court should exercise the power under the'Rule with circumspection and on the basis of rational principle - The averments in the election petition are presumed to be }actually correct until proved otherwise - In the present· cases, the applicant did not
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