Supreme Court · 2003 INSC 588 · Decided 30 October 2003
Regu Mahesh @ Regu Maheswar Rao v. Rajendra Pratap Bhanj Dev and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2003 INSC 588 · [2003] SUPP. 5 S.C.R. 7
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1833/2003
- Decided
- 30 October 2003
- Bench
- DORAISWAMY RAJU, ARIJIT PASAYAT (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- CPC Section 86; Representation of the People Act Section 5, 81, 83, 86, 83(b)
Headnote
B Representation of the People Act, 1951. Sections 5, 81, 83, 86, JOO(l)(c) and (d) (i), 116 and 123-Election petition challenging election to reserved constituency for Scheduled Tribe on C the ground that elected candidate does not belong to ST-Whether allegation amounts to corrupt practice-Held, does not per se constitute corrupt practice-Provision requiring affidavit in prescribed form not strictly applicable-Verification of election petition not proper-Effect of-Held, defects in verification/affidavit curable- D Defects in verification/affidavit pointed out-Dismissal of
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