Supreme Court · 1976 INSC 277 · Decided 2 November 1976
Birbal Singh v. Kedar Nath Sharma
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1976 INSC 277 · [1977] 2 S.C.R. 1
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1118/1973
- Decided
- 2 November 1976
- Bench
- Y.V. CHANDRACHUD, A.C. GUPTA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Evidence Act; Representation of the People Act Section 116A
Headnote
Representation of the People Act, 1951 Sec. l23(4)-Corr11p1 Practice­ Publishing fa/Je and defamatory Pamphlets & editorial approach in appreciating oral evidence about commission of cormpt practice in election petition Evidence Act, 1872-Testimony of i11terested witnesses whether can be respondent defeated the appellant by a margin of over 22000 votes. The appellant filed an election petitio_n in the Rajasthan High Court chall:nging the election of the respondent allegmg that the respondent and his elccuon agent committed the following corrupt practices. (1) , (~) A pamphlet
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