Supreme Court of India

Tek Chand v. Dile Ram

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Bench Dr. A.S. Anand, R.C. Lahoti and Shivaraj V. Patil JJ.
Decided 24 January 2001

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the election of the appellant-the returned candidate in so far it concerned him had not been materially affected.

Judgment, page 24

From the headnote

Election law: Representation of the People Act, 1951: S.IOO(l)(d). Election-Election petition-Void election-Declaration of-Grounds for-Nomination-Improper acceptance of-Returned candidate's election-­ Effect on-Election of returned candidate challenged on the ground that nomination of one N was improperly accepted since N was holding an office c of profit-Allegations that N was an activist of the defeated candidate's party; N cut into the votes of the defeated candidate; votes secured by N should have gone to .the defeated candidate-Correctness of-Held: There is no evidence that the voters…

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 4 referred to

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