Supreme Court · 1994 INSC 109 · Decided 9 March 1994
Jagmal Singh Yadav v. Aimaduddin Ahmed Khan
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1994 INSC 109 · [1994] 2 S.C.R. 357
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 2938/1989
- Decided
- 9 March 1994
- Bench
- S. RATNAVEL PANDIAN, KULDIP SINGH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 173(a), 113; Representation of the People Act Section 123(4)
Headnote
SINGH YADAV A v. ' AIMADUDDIN AHMED KHAN ' MARCH 9, 1994 (S. RATNAVEL PANDIAN AND KULDIP SINGH, JJ.) B Election Law-Representation of the People Act, 1951-Sections 123(4) and IOO(l)(b)-<:harge of corrupt practice-Standa1d of p1oof-!'ublication of defamatmy news item-Source of lette1 addTesed to committed corrupt practice u/s U3 ( 4) of the Representation of the People Act. The only ground on which his election has been set aside is that he got published in a local newspaper a defamatory news item against the respondent which D amounted to a com1pt practice. The High Court held the
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