Supreme Court · 1994 INSC 285 · Decided 26 July 1994
Iqbal Singh v. Avtar Singh and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1994 INSC 285 · [1994] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 258
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 3223/1993
- Decided
- 26 July 1994
- Bench
- M.N. VENKATACHALIAH, R.M. SAHAI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Representation of the People Act Section 83
Headnote
SINGH v. AVTAR SINGH AND ORS. JULY 26, 1994 [M.N. VENKATACHALIAH CJI AND R.M. SAHA!, J.J Representation of the People Act, 1950: Sections 83, IOO(l){b){d) (ii) and 123. C Election Petition-A/legation of com1pt practice-Standard of proof- Each allegation '!'ust be pleaded and proved with necessary and his immediate appointment to political office held not sufficient to prove corrupt practice. The appellant, a defeated candidate in the assembly elections of 1992 from an assembly constituency filed a petition, under section 80 of the E Representation of the People Act, 1951, challenging the
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