Supreme Court of India
Brljendralal Gupta and Another v. Jwalaprasad and Others.
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What the Court ordered
In the result the appeal is allowed, the decision of the High Court is set aside and that of the Tribunal restored with costs throughout.
Judgment, page 19
From the headnote
Election-Nomination, rejection of-Non-mention of age in nomination paper-If defect of substantial nature-Omission, if amounts to defect-Scrutiny-When enquiry necessary-Electoral Roll-Entry regarding age-How far conclusive-Representation of the People Act, 1951 (43 of 1951), ss. 33 and 36-Representation of the People Act, 1950 (43 of 1950), ss. 16 and 19. Thirteen candicates filed their nomination papers for election to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh. The nomina tion of U was rejected on the ground that he failed to give a declaration as to his age as required in the nomination
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Where later benches applied it
- 1989 Commissioner of Income Tax, Calcutta v. Prahaladrai Agarwala
- 1975 Dharam Singh Rathi v. Hari Singh M.L.A. & Ors.
Of those, 2 mentioned
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