Supreme Court of India

Quamarul Islam v. S.K. Kanta and Ors.

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Bench S. Ratnavel Pandian, R.M. Sahai and A.S. Anand JJ.

Decided 21 January 1994

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Representation of People Act, 1951 : Sections 123(2), (3), (3A.), (4) and 124(7)-Election Petition filed against returned candidate-Allegation of corrupt practices-f'roof of-Failure to adduce admissible and reliable evidence-Election cannot be set aside on mere probabilities-Trial conducted in a very casual manner-Absence of Rules in this regard-High Court to frame 1Ules for proper trial of election petitions-Suggestion given to Kamataka High Court.

Authorities it was built on

1969 Samant N. Balakrishna Etc. v. George Fernandez and Ors. Etc. cited by 50
1975 Ziyauddin Burhanuddin Bukhari v. Brijmohan Ramdass Mehra & Ors. cited by 20
1972 Virendra Kumar Saklecha v. Jagjiwan and Ors. cited by 13
1954 Jumuna Prasad Mukhariya and Others v. Lachhi Ram and Others. cited by 8
1989 Laxmi Narayan Nayak v. Ramratan Chaturvedi and Ors. cited by 4

Where later benches applied it

2010 Joseph M. Puthussery v. T.S. John & Ors. relied on

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