Supreme Court · 1969 INSC 12 · Decided 24 January 1969
Kanti Prasad Jayshanker Yagnik v. Purshottamdas Ranchhoddas Patel and Others
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1969 INSC 12 · [1969] 3 S.C.R. 400
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 979/1968
- Decided
- 24 January 1969
- Bench
- S.M. SIKRI, R.S. BACHAWAT, K.S. HEGDE (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Evidence Act Section 160; Representation of the People Act Section 123(2)
Headnote
B Represtltllltion of the People Act (43 of 1951), s. 123 (2) and (3 )-Appeal to voters to vote in the name of religion-If corrupt practice -Appetil to vote on the basis of candidate's caste-If corrupt practice­ Statement that voting for a part.v would amount to the continuance of cow prac­ tice. Evidence Act (I of 1872), s. 160-Reports made from notes t<•ken down at meetin!lf-lf udmissible-Method of proof-Weight to be attach­ ~d to reports. The poll for election to the Gujarat State Assembly from Mehsana State Assembly constituency was taken on February 21,
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