Supreme Court of India

Rattan Anmol Singh and Another v. Atma Ram and Others

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Reported as [1955] 1 S.C.R. 481
Bench Mukherjea, Vivian Bose and Venkatarama Ayyar JJ.
Decided 21 May 1954

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Representation of the People Act, 1951 (XLill of 1951), ss. 2 (J)(k), 33(1) and (2), 36(2)(d) and (")-Representation of the People (Conduct of Elections and Election Petitions) Rules, 1951, r. 2(2)­ Nomination paper-Subscribed by illiterate proposer and seconder­ Containing thumb-mark instead of signatures-No attestation thereof -Validity of-Attestation-Whether a necessary formality-At what stage it must exist~Whether can be validated at scrutiny .stage. Under section 33( 1) of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, each nomination paper should be "subscribed" by a proposer and a

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