Supreme Court · 1975 INSC 225 · Decided 19 September 1975
Iqbal Singh v. S. Gurdas Singh & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1975 INSC 225 · [1976] 1 S.C.R. 884
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1172/1973
- 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 df the People Act (43 of 1951), s. 123(1}-Corrupt prac­ tice of bribery-'Gratification' and 'Bargaining for votes', what amounts to. In the· election to Parliament from a constituency in Punjab the respon· dent wa~ declared elected. 1be appellant filed an election and counted in favol,lr of the respondent, and (ii) that the Chief· Minister of Punjab, who was the brother of the respondent, directed, (a) the distribution to Harijans of large sums of money for construction of Dharam.shalas, and (b) the issuei of a Iar~ number of gun licences, as
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