Supreme Court of India

Anvar P.V. v. P.K. Basheer and Ors.

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Reported as [2014] 11 S.C.R. 399

Bench Rajendra Mal Lodha J.

Decided 18 September 2014

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Representation of the People Act, 1951: s.100(1)(b) r/w s.123(2)(ii) and (4) - Election petition - On the ground that publication, announcement and speeches in relation to personal character and conduct of petitioner, amounted to commission of corrupt practices - High Court dismissed election petition - Held: There was no reliable evidence to show that the printing and distribution of alleged publication o was with the consent of returned candidate or his election agent - The speeches, songs and announcements were recorded using other instruments and by feeding them into the computer - CD

Authorities it was built on

1984 Ram Sharan Yadav v. Thakur Muneshwar Nath Singh and Ors. cited by 6
1983 Charan Lal Sahu & Others v. Giani Zail Singh & Another cited by 4

Where later benches applied it

2026 Pooranmal v. The State of Rajasthan & Anr. relied on
2025 Rahil & Anr. v. State (govt. of N.C.T. of Delhi) relied on
2025 Chandrabhan Sudam Sanap v. The State of Maharashtra relied on
2023 State of Karnataka v. T. Naseer @ Nasir @ Thandiantavida Naseer @ Umarhazi @ Hazi & Ors. relied on
2022 Mohd. Arif @ Ashfaq v. State (nct of Delhi) relied on
2019 G H P. Gopalkrishnan @ Dileep v. State of Kerala and Anr. relied on
2019 State by Karnataka Lokayukta Police Station, Bengaluru v. M.R. Hiremath relied on
2016 Harpal Singh @ Chhota v. State of Punjab relied on
2024 M/s Bharti Airtel Limited v. A.S. Raghavendra referred to
2023 Sundar @ Sundarrajan v. State by Inspector of Police referred to
2022 Ravinder Singh @ Kaku v. State of Punjab referred to
2020 Arjun Panditrao Khotkar v. Kailash Kushanrao Gorantyal and Ors. referred to
2019 Google India Private Limited v. M/s. Visakha Industries referred to
2017 Sonu@amar v. State of Haryana referred to
2017 Vikram Singh @ Vicky Walia and Anr. v. State of Punjab and Anr. referred to

Of those, 8 relied on · 7 referred to

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