Supreme Court · 1970 INSC 255 · Decided 18 December 1970
D. P. Mishra v. Kamal Narain Sharma & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1970 INSC 255 · [1971] 3 S.C.R. 257
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1738/1969
- Decided
- 18 December 1970
- Bench
- J.C. SHAH, K.S. HEGDE, A.N. GROVER (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Representation of the People Act Section 123(4)
Headnote
Representation of t/je People Act, 1951, s. 98-Proceedings for 'naming' person responsible for corrupt practice-Finding given by High Court­ Circumstances in which Supreme Court would. reconsider. Press and Registration of Books Act, 1867, s. ?-Person's name printed as Pditor in paper and thing printed in paper-Presumption as to--Jf can be rebutted. At the time of dismissing an appeal by the appellant against the finding by the High Court that the appellant. was guilty of a corrupt practice under s. 123(4) of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, the Supreme Court
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