Supreme Court · 2023 INSC 499 · Decided 4 May 2023
Kanimozhi Karunanidhi v. A. Santhana Kumar & Ors
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2023 INSC 499 · [2023] 4 S.C.R. 798
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 3411/2023
- Decided
- 4 May 2023
- Bench
- AJAY RASTOGI, BELA M. TRIVEDI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- CPC Section 83(i)(a), 324; Constitution Article 324
Headnote
Representation of the People's Act, 1951 - s.83(1)(a) - Non- compliance of - Consequences of - Held: s.83(1)(a) mandates that an Election petition shall contain a concise statement of material facts on which the petitioner relies - If material in an Election petition, the same is liable to be dismissed on that ground alone, as the case would be covered by Clause (a) of r.11 of Or.7 of the CPC - Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 - Or.7, r.11(a). Representation of the People's Act, 1951 - ss.100(1)(d)(iv), 83(i)(a)
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