Supreme Court of India

Ajmera Shyam v. Smt. Kova Laxmi & Ors.

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Reported as [2025] 8 S.C.R. 1789
Bench Surya Kant and Nongmeikapam Kotiswar Singh JJ.
Decided 14 August 2025

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the non-disclosure of income in the income tax return for four financial years by Respondent No.1, is not a defect of substantial character.

Judgment, page 55

From the headnote

Issue for Consideration Issue arose whether the non-mentioning of the income shown in the income tax return for four financial years in the Form 26 Affidavit and its portrayal as “Nil” by the respondent no.1-returned candidate would amount to non-disclosure, thereby rendering the acceptance of his nomination as improper and making her election liable to be declared void u/s.100(1)(d)(i) of the Representation of the People Act, 1951; whether such non-disclosure constitutes a corrupt practice, rendering her election liable to be declared void u/s.100(1)(b); and does such non-disclosure amount

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