Supreme Court of India

Ranjit Singh v. Pritam Singh & Ors.

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Reported as [1966] 3 S.C.R. 543
Bench P.B. Gajendragadkar J.
Decided 8 February 1966

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What the Court ordered

We are of the opinion that the production of a copy of the electoral roll which is incomplete is a defect of a substantial character.

Judgment, page 9

From the headnote

Representation of the People .ct (43 of 1950), s. 33(5)-Requlre­ menu of section-Copy of electoral roll whether to be filed by candldat• with each nominaticn paper-Copy of electoral roll of assembly consti­ tuency whether can be filed in election for Par/iament-'Part', of electoral roll to be filed-Filing of incomplete copy of 'parf whether defect of substantial character for the purpose of s. 36( 4). • The appellant's election to Parliament was challenged by the first res­ pond<lnt on the ground that the nomination papers of the third candidate, W, had been wrongly rejected by the returning

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