Supreme Court of India

Regu Mahesh @ Regu Maheswar Rao v. Rajendra Pratap Bhanj Dev and Anr.

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Reported as [2003] SUPP. 5 S.C.R. 7
Bench Doraiswamy Raju and Arijit Pasayat JJ.
Decided 30 October 2003

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We find no reason to interfere with the impugned judgment dismissing the election petition; though we have not approved or affirmed some of the reasons for conclusion arrived at by the High Court, as detailed above.

Judgment, page 13

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Representation of the People Act, 1951. Sections 5, 81, 83, 86, JOO(l)(c) and (d) (i), 116 and 123-Election petition challenging election to reserved constituency for Scheduled Tribe on the ground that elected candidate does not belong to ST-Whether allegation amounts to corrupt practice-Held, allegation of fraud, etc. in obtaining false caste certificate does not per se constitute corrupt practice-Provision requiring affidavit in prescribed form not strictly applicable-Verification of election petition not proper-Effect of-Held, defects in verification/affidavit curable- Defects in

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