Supreme Court of India

Bhagw An Singh v. Rameshw Ar Prasad Sastri & Others

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Reported as [1959] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 535
Bench Bhuvneshwar Prasad Sinha J.
Decided 14 April 1959

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Election Dispute-Disqualification for membership-Election to State Legislature-Interest in contracts-Contract entered into as Mukhiya of Panchayat-Representation of the People Act, r95r (43 of I95I), SS. 7(d), 8I, IOO(I)(a). The election of the appellant as a member of the Bihar State Assembly was challenged under s. 7(d) of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, by the first respondent who was also a candidate for election for the same constituency, on the ground that at the date of the nomination the appellant had an interest· in contracts for execution of works undertaken by the Bihar

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