Supreme Court · 1955 INSC 39 · Decided 15 September 1955
S. Khader Sheriff v. Munnuswami Gounder and OTHERS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1955 INSC 39 · [1955] 2 S.C.R. 469
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 26/1955
- Decided
- 15 September 1955
- Bench
- SUDHI RANJAN DAS, T.L. VENKATARAMA AIYYAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 136; Representation of the People Act Section 79(b), 123(7)
Headnote
COURT REPORTS 469 S. KHADER SHERIFF v. MUNNUSWAMI GOUNDER AND OTHERS. [S. R. DAs, ACTING C. J. and VENKATARAMA AYYAR J.] Election Dispute-Non-disclosure by returned candidate of sums paid to party funtis in his return of elet;_tion expenses-Such sums, if' spent for purposes of People Act (No. XLIII of 1951), ss. 79(b), 99 proviso, 123(7), 140. The appellant, who fought and won the election as a Congress candidate, had applied to the Tamil Nad Congress Committee on 12-9-51 for party nomination stating his desire "to contest as a Congress candidate in the forthcoming
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