Supreme Court of India
Senthibalaji V v. A.P. Geetha and Ors
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What the Court ordered
Accordingly, we set aside the impugned judgment of the High Court and allow the applications filed by the appellant for reject ion of the petition and/or for deletion of irrelevant paragraphs.
Judgment, page 17
From the headnote
Representation of the People Act, 1951 – ss.83, 123 – Failur e to plead material facts in the election petition conc erning alleged corrupt practice – Held: s.123 defines corrupt practices – s.83(1)(a) mandates that an election petition must contain a concise state ment of material facts – When the allegation is of corrup t practice, the basic facts constituting corrupt practice must be ple aded in order to comply with s.83(1)(a) – In the present case, such conci se facts were not at all pleaded – Basic facts cannot be ple aded only by stating that the same find place in the documents r elied
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- 1972 Virendra Kumar Saklecha v. Jagjiwan and Ors.
- 1998 L.R. Shivaramagowda Etc. v. T.M. Chandrashekar (d) by Lrs. and Ors.
- 2012 Ponnala Lakshmalah v. Kommuri Pratap Reddy & Ors.
- 1999 V.S. Achuthanandhan v. P.J. Francis and Anr.
- 2001 Mulayam Singh Yadav v. Dharampal Yadav and Ors.
- 1983 M. Karunanidhi Etc. v. H.V. Hande & Ors. Etc.
- 1960 Shri Balwan Singh v. Shri Lakshmi Narain & Others
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