Supreme Court · 1968 INSC 306 · Decided 19 November 1968
Guruji Shrihar Baliram Jivatode v. Vithalrao & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1968 INSC 306 · [1969] 2 S.C.R. 766
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1778/1967
- Decided
- 19 November 1968
- Bench
- G.K. MITTER, K.S. HEGDE (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Representation of the People Act
Headnote
. · Representation of the People Act, (43 of 1951) s. 123(4)--0b/ect of section-Corrupt practice aso defined in sec~ion, ingredients of. . The appellant was the returned candidate from the Rajilra constituency <If Maharashtra State Legislative Assembly in the general election held ill election in an election petition. The High Court held that the appellant had made false statements about the personal character and conduct of the first respondent and was guilty of corrupt practice within the meaning of s. 123 ( 4) of the Representation of the People Act, 1951. On this view
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