Supreme Court · 1972 INSC 81 · Decided 15 March 1972
Raj Narain v. SMT. Indira Nehru Gandhi and Anr
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1972 INSC 81 · [1972] 3 S.C.R. 841
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 108/1972
- Decided
- 15 March 1972
- Bench
- K.S. HEGDE, P. JAGANMOHAN REDDY, KUTTYIL KURIEN MATHEW (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- CPC; Representation of the People Act Section 86(5)
Headnote
f G H 841 RAJ NARAIN v •. SMT. INDIRA NEHRU GANDHI AND ANR •. March 15, 1972 (K. S. HEGDE, P. JAGANMOHAN REDDY AND K. K. MATHEW; JJ.J Representation of the People Act, 1951-Section 86(5)-SCOP<­ Pleadings relming to corru.'1t .Dractice-Better particulars of charges ma\' he in question." While ·3 corrupt practice has got to be strictly proved it doe·s not follow that a pleading in an election petition should receive a strict construction. The object of section 86(5) of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, is to see that a person ac~used of
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