Supreme Court of India
Abhiram Singh v. C.D. Commachen (dead) by Lrs. & Ors.
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We hold that there is no necessity for this Court to take a view at variance with 'what has been laid down.
Judgment, page 103
From the headnote
Representation of the People Act, 1951: s. 123 (3) (as amended in 1961) - Interpretation of - Held: Majority View: The Act being a statute that enables to cherish and strengthen democratic ideals should be interpreted in a manner that assists the elector or 1he electorate and not that assists the candidates - Keeping in view the social context in which sub-section (3) of s.123 was enacted and today's social and technological context, ii is absolutely necesswy to give a broad and purposive interpretation rather than a literal or strict interpretation - The provisions under sub-section (3) are
Authorities it was built on
- 1994 S.R. Bommai v. Union of India and Ors.
- 1950 Chiranjit Lal Chowdhuri v. The Union of India and Others.
- 2006 M/s. Crawford Bayley and Co. and Ors. v. Union of India and Ors.
- 1975 Ziyauddin Burhanuddin Bukhari v. Brijmohan Ramdass Mehra & Ors.
- 1954 Tolaram Relumal and Another v. The State of Bombay
- 1974 Maganlal Chhagganlal (p) Ltd v. Municipal Corporation of Greater Bombay & Ors.
- 2003 Balram Kumawat v. Union of India & Ors.
- 2002 M/s Grasim Industries Ltd. v. Collector of Customs, Bombay
- 1962 State of West Bengal v. Union of India
- 1964 Jagdev Singh Sidhanti v. Pratap Singh Daulta
- 1954 Jumuna Prasad Mukhariya and Others v. Lachhi Ram and Others.
- 1969 Kanti Prasad Jayshanker Yagnik v. Purshottamdas Ranchhoddas Patel and Others
- 2015 Vipulbhai M. Chaudhary v. Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation Limited and Others
- 2003 Bipin Chandra Parshottamdas Patel (vakil) v. State of Gujarat and Ors.
- 2000 Haldiram Bhujiawala and Anr. v. Anand Kumar Deepak Kumar and Anr
- 1999 Thampanoor Ravi v. Charupara Ravi and Ors.
- 1999 M/s. Surana Steels Pvt. Ltd. Etc. Etc. v. The Deputy Commissioner of Income Tax and Ors.
- 1971 State of Madhya Pradesh & Anr. v. Dadabhoy's New Chirimiri Ponri Hill Colliery Co. Pvt. Ltd.
- 1976 Union of India v. Steel Stock Holders Syndicate, Poona
- 1984 S. Harcharan Singh v. S. Sajjan Singh and Ors.
- 1996 Abhiram Singh v. C.D. Commachen and Ors.
- 1964 Kultar Singh v. Mukhtiar Singh
- 1996 S. Baldev Singh Mann v. S. Gurcharan Singh, Mla and Ors.
Where later benches applied it
- 2017 Re: Exploitation of Children Ln Orphanages Ln the State of Tamil Nadu v. Union of Lndia & Ors.
- 2017 Excel Crop Care Limited v. Competition Commission of India and Another
- 2024 Commissioner of Customs v. M/s Canon India Pvt. Ltd.
- 2023 Anoop Baranwal v. Union of India
- 2022 Janhit Abhiyan v. Union of India
- 2021 Dr. Jaishri Laxmanrao Patil v. The Chief Minister & Ors.
- 2019 College Trust and Management Society & Ors. v. Director of Public Instructions & Ors.
- 2018 Janabai v. Additional Commissioner and Others
- 2017 Ms. Eera through Dr. Manjula Krippendorf v. State (govt. of Nct of Delhi) & Anr.
- 2020 Ramnath & Co. v. The Commissioner of Income Tax
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