Supreme Court of India

H.D. Revanna v. G. Puttaswamy and Ors.

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Reported as [1999] 1 S.C.R. 198
Bench M. Srinivasan J.
Decided 21 January 1999

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I Election Law : Representation of the People Act, 1951 : Sections 81, 82, 83, 86 and c 117. Election petition---Affidavit-fn support'of-Defects in-Maintainability of-'-Effect on--Held: Although neither the verification of the election petition nor the supporting affidavit is in the prescribed f onn and the petitioner had not specifically set out as to which allegations were trne to his personal knowledge and which ones are stated 011 i11f onnatio11, yet the electio11 petition is not liable to be dismissed in limine--Conduct of Election Rules, 1961, R. 94- and Fonn 25-Code of Civil Procedure,

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