Supreme Court · 1954 INSC 82 · Decided 29 September 1954
Rananjaya Singh v. Baijnath Singh and Others
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1954 INSC 82 · [1955] 1 S.C.R. 671
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 73/1954
- Decided
- 29 September 1954
- Bench
- MEHR CHAND MAHAJAN, BIJAN KUMAR MUKHERJEA, SUDHI RANJAN DAS, VIVIAN BOSE, GHULAM HASAN (5-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Representation of the People Act Section 123(7)
Headnote
SUPREME COURT REPORTS 671 RANANJAYA SINGH ti. BAIJNATH SINGH AND OTHERS. [MEHR CHAND MAHAJAN C.J., MuKHERJEA, S. R. DAs, VIVIAN BosE, and GHULAM HASAN JJ.] Representation of the People Act, 1951 (XLlll of 1951), ss. 77, 123(7), 124( 4)-Gist of corrupt practice as defined in s. 123(7). Section agent and the employment of extra persons must likewise be by a candidate or his agent. The charge against the appellant was, inter alia, that the Manag~r, Assistant Manager, 20 Ziladars of Amethi and their peons and orderlies had worked for the appellant in connection with the election. The view
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