Supreme Court · 1968 INSC 232 · Decided 6 September 1968
Lakhi Prasad Agarwal v. Nathmal Dokania
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1968 INSC 232 · [1969] 2 S.C.R. 41
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 20/1968
- Decided
- 6 September 1968
- Bench
- M. HIDAYATULLAH, G.K. MITTER (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- CPC; Representation of the People Act Section 123(2)
Headnote
Representation of the People Act, 1951 s. 123(2), (3) and (4)-Alle­ gations of corrupt practice-Necessity of proper pleadings-Contentions cannot b,e considered if not borne out by pleadings-Arrest of candidate immediately before election-Whether inference of mala fide or collusion with of the respondent to the Bihar Legislative Assembly at the 1967 general election was challenged by the appe!lant--0ne of the defeated candidates-in an election petition. Annexure 2 to the petition was a pamphlet alleged to have been issued by the respondent an.cl his supporters in which
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