Supreme Court · 1976 INSC 73 · Decided 23 March 1976
Kanhaiyalal v. Mannalal & Others
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1976 INSC 73 · [1976] 3 S.C.R. 808
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 870/1974
- Decided
- 23 March 1976
- Bench
- P.K. GOSWAMI, S. MURTAZA FAZAL ALI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Representation of the People Act Section 116A
Headnote
Representation oj the People Act, 1950!--S~ 123(4)--Corrupt practice­ Degree of proof-Election dispute not a private feud. Respondent No. 1, an elector in the constituency in his election petition alleged _that the appe:llant, the successful candidate, got printed and published and personally slat'ements ih relation to the personal character or conduct of one of the candidates, reasonably calculated to prejudice the prospects of his elect_ion, and thereby committed the corrupt practice under s. 123 ( 4) of the Representation of People Act, 1950. The High Court allowed the elec-
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