Supreme Court of India

Shambhu Prasad Sharma v. Shri Charandas Mahant & Ors.

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Reported as [2012] 6 S.C.R. 356

Bench T.S. Thakur and Gyan Sudha Misra JJ.

Decided 3 July 2012

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What the Court ordered

In the result this appeal fails and is hereby dismissed C but in the circumstances without any order as to costs.

Judgment, page 13

From the headnote

Representation of People Act, 1951 - Election petition - Declaration sought. by the defeated candidate that the nomination papers filed by the remaining candidates was improperly and illegally accepted - Affidavit not submitted in the proper format, without any averment whether there were any dues outstanding against the candidate towards any financial institution or the government - Petition dismissed by the High Court on the ground that the same did not disclose any cause of action - On appeal, held: Any departure from the prescribed format for disclosure of information about the dues, if

Authorities it was built on

2002 Union of India v. Association for Democratic Reforms and Anr. cited by 34
2003 People's Union for Civil Liberties (pucl) and Anr. v. Union of India and Anr. cited by 33

Where later benches applied it

2015 Krishnamoorthy v. Sivakumar & Ors. relied on
2024 Karikho Kri v. Nuney Tayang and Another referred to
2018 Madiraju Venkata Ramana Raju v. Peddireddigari Ramachandra Reddy & Ors. referred to
2016 Sri Mairembam Prithviraj @ Pr!thviraj Singh. v. Shri Pukhrem Sharatchandra Singh referred to

Of those, 1 relied on · 3 referred to

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