Supreme Court · 1978 INSC 58 · Decided 8 March 1978
Kamalam (M.) v. DR. V. A. Syed Mohamad
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1978 INSC 58 · [1978] 3 S.C.R. 446
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1963/1977
- Decided
- 8 March 1978
- Bench
- P.N. BHAGWATI, JASWANT SINGH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Representation of the People Act Section 116A
Headnote
Representation of the People Act, 1951, Ss; 81(3) 83 and S6(i)-Election Petition and affidcvit were tied together as one document and two copies thereof filed for services on the respondent-Signature of the appellant by way of authentication appearing at the foot of the copy of the affidavit, but petition-Whether there was non-compliance with S. 81 (3) and the electivn petition liable to be disrni.~sed u /s 86 (I )-Interpretation of S. 81(3) in the light of Ss. 83 and 86 (I). Sub section (3) of Sectioo 81 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 requires that every election petition
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