Supreme Court · 1973 INSC 136 · Decided 10 August 1973
Krishan Chander v. Ram Lal
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1973 INSC 136 · [1974] 1 S.C.R. 349
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 2384/1972
- Decided
- 10 August 1973
- Bench
- P. JAGANMOHAN REDDY, S.N. DWIVEDI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 14; Representation of the People Act
Headnote
349 Representation of the People Act, 1951---Ss, 82(a) & (b) and 86- Directory or mandatory-/mpleading of defeated candidates against whom car~ rupt Praotices were alleged_:.Whe1her s. 82 violates article 14 of the Consritu· tion. In his election petition challenging the election of the committed vari".l-us corrupt practices within the meaning of sub-sections (1) to (7) of s. 123 of the Representation of the P:ople Act, 1951. The respondent raised a pre­ liminaty objection that the petition was liable to be dismissed for non-compliance with the provisi'lns of section
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