Supreme Court · 1976 INSC 328 · Decided 13 December 1976
Lakshmi Raman Acharya v. Chandan Singh & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1976 INSC 328 · [1977] 2 S.C.R. 412
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 128/1976
- Decided
- 13 December 1976
- Bench
- Y.V. CHANDRACHUD, P.K. GOSWAMI, A.C. GUPTA (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Representation of the People Act Section 123, 116A
Headnote
Representation of. the .Peop/~ Act, 1951-S. 123(2)(3) and (3A)-Corrupt P.ractzce-Vague denials m wmten statements-If could be taken as admis­ swns- In the election to the. State Assembly the first respondent was declared elected. . The appellant, who was one of the defeated candidates, respondent was guilty of adopting corrupt practices within the meaning of s. 123 (2), (3) and (3A) of the Repre­ sentation of the People Act, 1951. It was alleged that (i) to get support of the Muslim voters of a village, the first respondent offered a bribe for the construction of a school
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