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Durai Muthuswami vs N. Nachiappan & Ors on 23 April, 1973
23. It is clear from the above judgment in Durai
Muthuswami [Durai Muthuswami v. N. Nachiappan,
(1973) 2 SCC 45] that there is a difference between
the improper acceptance of a nomination of a
returned candidate and the improper acceptance of
nomination of any other candidate. There is also a
difference between cases where there are only two
candidates in the fray and a situation where there are
more than two candidates contesting the election. If
the nomination of a candidate other than the
returned candidate is found to have been improperly
accepted, it is essential that the election petitioner
has to plead and prove that the votes polled in favour
of such candidate would have been polled in his
favour. On the other hand, if the improper acceptance
of nomination is of the returned candidate, there is
no necessity of proof that the election has been
materially affected as the returned candidate would
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Dhartipakar Madan Lal Agarwal vs Rajiv Gandhi on 11 May, 1987
(2) The allegations in the election petition
should not be vague, general in nature or
lacking of materials or frivolous or vexatious
because the court is empowered at any stage of
the proceedings to strike down or delete
pleadings which are suffering from such vices as
not raising any triable issue vide Manphul Singh
v. Surinder Singh [(1973) 2 SCC 599 : (1974) 1
SCR 52], Kona Prabhakara Rao v. M. Seshagiri
Rao [(1982) 1 SCC 442] and Dhartipakar
Madan Lal Agarwal v. Rajiv Gandhi [1987 Supp
SCC 93].
The Representation of the People Act, 1951
Kanimozhi Karunanidhi vs A. Santhana Kumar on 4 May, 2023
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Karunanidhi Vs. A. Santhana Kumar and others14 and Karim Uddin
Barbhuiya Vs. Aminul Haque Laskar and others 15 that even a singular
omission of statutory requirement must entail dismissal of the Election
Petition by having recourse to provisions of Order VII Rule 11 of CPC,
in my view, the present Election Petition does not disclose any cause of
action for making out any of the ground under Section 100(1)(d)(iv)
read with Section 83 of RP Act and therefore the Election Petition
cannot be taken to trial and is liable to be rejected by having recourse
to the provisions of Order VII Rule 11 of CPC. Resultantly the Election
Petition fails.
Kona Prabhakara Rao vs M. Seshagiri Rao And Anr. on 9 April, 1980
(2) The allegations in the election petition
should not be vague, general in nature or
lacking of materials or frivolous or vexatious
because the court is empowered at any stage of
the proceedings to strike down or delete
pleadings which are suffering from such vices as
not raising any triable issue vide Manphul Singh
v. Surinder Singh [(1973) 2 SCC 599 : (1974) 1
SCR 52], Kona Prabhakara Rao v. M. Seshagiri
Rao [(1982) 1 SCC 442] and Dhartipakar
Madan Lal Agarwal v. Rajiv Gandhi [1987 Supp
SCC 93].
Rahim Khan vs Khurshid Ahmed & Ors on 8 August, 1974
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concluded vide Rahim Khan v. Khurshid Ahmed
[(1974) 2 SCC 660], Mohan Singh v.
Ramji Prasad Singh vs Ram Bilas Jha & Four Ors on 24 September, 1976
Bhanwarlal [(1964) 5 SCR 12 : AIR 1964 SC
1366] and Ramji Prasad Singh v. Ram Bilas Jha
[(1977) 1 SCC 260]."