corrupt Practice

False Declaration of Educational Qualification
Case BriefsHigh Courts

Since the term of the Assembly had already expired and fresh elections w held in 2025, the election petition had become infructuous.

ban on caste-based election rallies
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Provision for banning of caste based political rallies and preventing them is very much in place, whether it be during the election process or not. The only thing which remains is the will to implement the provisions effectively without any bias or favour.”

Somnath Bharti
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“If the ROPA itself mandates that non-joinder of a necessary party leads to dismissal of an election petition, the Court cannot use CPC provisions to cure that defect.”

Rajendra Gavit election cas
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“There might be cases where a candidate belonging to a particular religion, in which polygamy is not prohibited, has contracted multiple marriages. If contention about impermissibility to add column in Form 26 Affidavit is accepted, such candidate would never be able to contest any election as disclosure of information about additional wife would attract ground for declaring the election void.”

Bombay High Court
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One of the contentions is that there are multiple votes cast in the name of same persons in different booths in the Dhule Parliamentary Constituency with their names being reflected at multiple places of the same assembly constituency.

Case BriefsSupreme Court

Supreme Court: Dealing with the appeal by Navjot Singh Sidhu, the returned candidate in the election held on 13th May, 2009 for

Case BriefsHigh Courts

Allahabad High Court:  Dismissing an election petition with costs challenging the election of Mrs Sonia Gandhi to the Lok Sabha from Rae