Supreme Court of India

Paokai Haokip v. Rishang & Ors.

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Reported as [1969] 1 S.C.R. 637
Bench M. Hidayatullah and G. K. Mitter JJ.
Decided 12 August 1968

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Repl'es.ntlition of the People Act (43 of 1951), s. 100 (l)(d) (iv)­ Election petitioner to prove that election result materially affected­ Evidence of witnesses, evaluation. ln an eleCtion to a Parliamentary constituency, having 2,19,554 voters 1,20,008 votes were polled. Of these 4, 168 votes were declared invalid. The appellant won by securing 1,541 votes more than the next candidat<>­ tbe respondent. The respondent filed an election petition on the ground · that the polling was disturbed as the polling centres were in some cases changed without due notification, at some polling stations

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