respondent's nomination form and
a corrupt practice of bribery. The petitioner there was a candidate of
the Peasants and Workers Party of India ... relevant portion in Patil v Thakur in regard to the
allegation of bribery at the election, and the reference to the
Supreme Court decision
should be declared as void as the same was induced by corruption, bribery, fraud and misrepresentation. In support of the allegation of corruption, bribery, fraud ... illegal, null and void and grave and serious allegations of corruption, bribery, fraud and misrepresentation made in the plaint in the said - suit
alleged that the respondent No.
1 had committed corrupt practice of 'bribery' as defined under section ... that the respondent No.1 had committed the corrupt
practice of bribery as contemplated under Section 123 of the 1951 Act.
According to Mr. Aspi
fill in
the gaps in description and coverage of offence of bribery and
to bring it in line with the current international practices and
enable ... substituted by new comprehensive definition which covers all
aspects of passive bribery, including the solicitation and
acceptance or bribe through intermediaries and also acts
cheat and abetment. They, however, convicted Mathams and P.C. Ghosh of bribery and S.K. Dutt and J.K. Bose of having given bribes ... High Court against their conviction and sentence on the charges relating to bribery and the Government appealed against the order of acquittal by the Tribunal
person with the consent of the Respondent
or his election agent, namely, bribery, as defined under Section 123 of the
Representation of the People ... petition. Mr. Vashi for the Respondent argues that the
charge of bribery, constituting corrupt practice, is in the nature of a criminal
present appellant had been an accused in respect of these offences of bribery. But, on the 6th July, Narayandas was a witness ... accused in respect of the offence of bribery in regard to this horse. He still, however, remained an accused person to the bribery connected with
contended that section 171-B of Indian Penal Code defines "Bribery" and section 171-E of the Indian Penal Code provides for punishment ... member of RPI would be made Deputy Chief Minister, amounts to bribery as defined under section 171-B of Indian Penal Code.
21. The learned
compacted, the allegations which emerge are
of corrupt practice of 'bribery' and 'undue influence' by distribution of
money for votes, procuring ... corrupt practices for the purposes of this Act:--
(1) "Bribery", that is to say,--
(A) any gift, offer or promise by a candidate
alleged against him by the petitioner could be categorised as under:
Bribery Section 123(1)(a) (vide para Nos. 5, 6(i), (ii), (iii);
Undue ... paras 7 and 8).
13. The respondent contends that the accusations of bribery made in paragraphs 5 and 6 (i), (ii), (iii) of the petition
