petitioners' refusing to enter the witness-box
for taking oath for cross-examination, the Committee decided
to file complaints against the petitioners ... intention, it would obvi-
ously not have required the petitioners to take oath for
being cross-examined at the stage at which
oath only while electing the
Pramukh from amongst themselves because thereafter, the
Pramukh administers oath to them and then, the sitting of the
House takes ... such an oath of office. To
avoid such controversy in future, it would also be advisable if the
swearing in/oath taking is videographed
taking an oath after election. The oath of the
President and its form was provided in Art. 60 while the
oath for a member ... which it
became necessary to take. oath for a person standing for
election to either House of Parliament in the form
prescribed in the Third
upon
to take the oath, he was simultaneously signing their
nomination paper and oath forms and even if we take the
statement of the Returning ... present and took the oath and
thereafter the Returning Officer also append his signatures
on the oath form certifying that oath had been taken
discussions, when asked what objection was there for the petitioner to take oath before the second respondent, the petitioner explained to the Governor that ... Governor which read as follows--
"Presented myself twenty second for taking oath under Article 188. As directed moved Secretary, Council place papers before
complied with in these cases as the nominated members failed to take oath before nominee of Collector in the prescribed form within three months ... they took the oath before the authorised nominee of the Collector. Admittedly, the oath was not administered by the Collector. The oath was administered
subscribe to the oath as prescribed. It provides for the administration of oath and lays down the forms of oath or affirmation for persons holding ... oath of allegiance appointed by the Parliamentary Oaths Act, 1866, Sections 1 , 3 , as amended by the Promissory Oaths Act, 1868; and if he takes
Governor which reads as follows:
Presented myself twenty second for taking oath under Article 188. As directed moved Secretary, Council place papers before ... taking an obstructive attitude in consultation with the authorities that be and the petitioner was prevented from taking and subscribing to the oath before
according to law are not dependent upon the taking or non-taking of oath. They are inherent in the acceptance of office. But merely because ... oath of allegiance and official oath must be tendered to and taken by certain executive officers, and the oath of allegiance and judicial oath
Counsel submitted in a given case the Deputy Chairperson can even take
oath before the Council since Council is empowered to exercise the functions
expressly ... Chairperson was a valid election. Even assuming that he could not take oath
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before the Chairperson
