Supreme Court · 1999 INSC 490 · Decided 26 October 1999
Jeet Mohinder Singh v. Harminder Singh Jassi
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1999 INSC 490 · [1999] SUPP. 4 S.C.R. 33
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 154/1999
- Decided
- 26 October 1999
- Bench
- A.S. ANAND, S. RAJENDRA BABU, R.C. LAHOTI (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Representation of the People Act
Headnote
Representation of the People Act, 1951 : A B Election-Judicial review-Court's interference with-Held : The C returned candidate's election should not be lightly interfered with-The serious consequences must be kept in mind while interfering with an election. Sections 83 and 123-Election-Election of corrupt practice is quasi-criminal in D character-Such a charge should be sufficiently clear and precisely stated- lt should be proved to the hilt by clear, cogent and credible evidence-Mere preponderance of probabilities not enough. Sections 116 and 123-Election-Appea/-lnterference with-By
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