Supreme Court · 1975 INSC 226 · Decided 19 September 1975
Harisingh Pratapsingh Chawda v. Popatlal Mulshanker Joshi & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1975 INSC 226 · [1976] 1 S.C.R. 897
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 90/1973
- Decided
- 19 September 1975
- Bench
- A. ALAGIRISWAMI, P.K. GOSWAMI, N.L. UNTWALIA (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Representation of the People Act Section 123(1)
Headnote
Representation of the people Act--S. 123(1). Brtbery-Gift or inducement to cause defection whether bribery-The voters niust know about the gift and induce1nent-Burden of proof in a case of bribery-Oath against oath whether suf/ioient. The first respondent, a candidate of the ruling to the Lok Sabha from Banaskantba constituency in Gujarat, defeating his rival candi­ date of Organisation Congress. The appellant a voter in the constituency belonging to the Organisation Congress filed an election petition challenging the validity of ele::tioii of respondent No. 1 on
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