Supreme Court · 2001 INSC 9 · Decided 5 January 2001
DR. Vijay Laxmi Sadho v. Jagdish
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2001 INSC 9 · [2001] 1 S.C.R. 95
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 2720/2000
- Decided
- 5 January 2001
- Bench
- A.S. ANAND, R.C. LAHOTI, SHIVARAJ V. PATIL (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 348(2); Representation of the People Act Section 83, 86, 83(1), 86(1)
Headnote
Election laws: Representation of the People Act, 1951: Section 83 and 86-Election-Election petition-Maintainability of­ Corrupt practice-Affidavit in support of-Not drawn -up in prescribedform­ Dismissal of petition in limine on this ground-Permissibility of-Held: Defect A B c in affidavit arising from such 'defective' affidavit have to be D judged at the trial of the election petition-But S.86(/) not attracted to such a case. Madhya Pradesh High Court rules: Rule 2(b). Election petition-Drawn-up in Hindi language-Maintainability of- E Rules stipulated every election petition
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