Supreme Court · 2002 INSC 446 · Decided 29 October 2002
Ram Prasad Sarma v. Mani Kumar Subba and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2002 INSC 446 · [2002] SUPP. 3 S.C.R. 473
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 6593/2002
- Decided
- 29 October 2002
- Bench
- R.C. LAHOTI, BRIJESH KUMAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Election Laws; Representation of the Peoples Act, 1951; Sections 81(1), 81(3), 82 and 86 (1): A B Election Petition-True copy of the affidavit does not contain Oath C Commissioner's endorsement-Petition dismissed by High Court for non­ compliance of provision of law- Correctness of-Held: In facilitate the returned candidate to avoid trial of issues of corrupt practices on the basis of any little defect-Mere omission in indicating the name/ D endorsement of Oath Commissioner would not be material when an averment that affidavit was sworn in support of allegation of corrupt practices,
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