Supreme Court · 2008 INSC 1337 · Decided 21 November 2008
Baldev Singh Mann v. Surjit Singh Dhiman
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2008 INSC 1337 · [2008] 16 S.C.R. 540
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 3700/2007
- Decided
- 21 November 2008
- Bench
- DALVEER BHANDARI, H.S. BEDI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
t Representation of People Act, 1951: s.123(7) - Charge of corrup{practice - Burden to prove - Held: Is on the election c petitioner - Mere preponderance of probabilities not enough - Allegation of corrupt practice should be clear and precise and charge should be proved to hilt as. criminal trial, and credible evidence - On facts, .election petitioner ·tailed to prove basic ingredients of corrupt practice ·under D s.123(7) - Election petition ·rightly dismissed - Election laws - Election of elected candidate - Interference with. The appellant filed an election petition
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