Supreme Court · 1973 INSC 186 · Decided 12 October 1973
Narasingh Charan Mohanty v. Surendra Mohanty
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1973 INSC 186 · [1974] 2 S.C.R. 39
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 402/1972
- Decided
- 12 October 1973
- Bench
- P. JAGANMOHAN REDDY, S.N. DWIVEDI, P.K. GOSWAMI (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Representation of the People Act Section 123(3)
Headnote
Representation of the People Act, 1951-S. 123(3) and (4)-Corrupt prac- tice--Consent what b. · ' Practice and procedure-Pltadint!. Press and Registration of Books Act, 1867-S. 1-Presumption that a person whose fUlme was printed in the newspaper was the editor-It could be rebutted. . The by the appellant on the ground of corrupt practices under sub-ss. (3) and (4) of s. 123 of the Repre­ sentation of the People Act, 1951. The respondent was a nominee of the Utkal Congre5s of which BP was the founder leader. The respondent was also the editor of an Oriya Daily
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