Supreme Court · 1999 INSC 186 · Decided 15 April 1999
T.M. Jacob v. C. Poulose and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1999 INSC 186 · [1999] 2 S.C.R. 659
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 14555/1996
- Decided
- 15 April 1999
- Bench
- A.S. ANAND, S.B. MAJMUDAR, SUJATA V. MANOHAR, K. VENKATASWAMI, V.N. KHARE (5-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Representation of People Act, 1951 : Section 81 (3), 83(1) proviso and .86(1). Election:+-Election petition-Alleging corrupt practices-Affidavit- ln support of-Copy-Defects in-Substantial or curable-Copy of affidavit C contained endorsement that affidavit was duly signed, verified and affirmed name, address, stamp and seal of Notary missing-Held : Non-compliance with S.81 (3) would entail dismissal of election petition under S.86(1)-But non-compliance with S.83(1) is a curable defect and does not attract S.86(1)-Expression D "copy" in S.81(3) does not mean an
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