Supreme Court of India

Vashit Narain Sharma v. Dev Chandra and Others

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Reported as [1955] 1 S.C.R. 509

Bench S. R. Das, Ghulam Hasan and Jagannadhadas JJ.

Decided 20 May 1954

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From the headnote

Representation of the People Act, 1951 (Act XL/II of 1951), s. 100(1) (c)-Words "the result of the election has been materially affected"-lnterpretation of-Improper acceptance or rejection of a nomination paper-Election-Validity of-Onus of proving that the result has been materially affected-Finding of Election Tribunal based on speculation and conjecture-Mis direction in law. The words "the result of the election has been materially affected" in section 100(1) (c) of the Representation of the People 1954 Seth Jagjivan Mardi Vithlani v. Messrs. Ra11ehhod· das Meghji. Venkatarama Ayyar]. 1954

Authorities it was built on

1954 Seth Jagjivan Mavji Vithlani v. Messrs Ranchhoddas Meghji. cited by 1

Where later benches applied it

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2021 Shri Saurav Jain & Anr. v. M/s A. B. P. Design & Anr. referred to
2018 Madiraju Venkata Ramana Raju v. Peddireddigari Ramachandra Reddy & Ors. referred to
2018 State of Karnataka by its Chief Secretary v. State of T. N. by its Chief Secretary [dipak Misra, Cji] 829 the State of Karnataka by its Chief Secretarystate of Tamil Nadu by its Chief Secretary & Ors. referred to
1989 Smt. Lata Devi (mali) v. Haru Rajwar mentioned

Of those, 2 relied on · 4 referred to · 1 mentioned

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