False Declaration of Own Educational Qualification Not a “Corrupt Practice” under Section 123(4) RP Act: Delhi HC
Since the term of the Assembly had already expired and fresh elections w held in 2025, the election petition had become infructuous.
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Orissa High Court upholds Two-child norm disqualification; rules protective proviso inapplicable to Panchayat membership termination
“The proviso was introduced by way of amendment effective from 18-04-1994, whereas the appellant’s third child was born on 11-03-1993 and the fourth on 06-11-1994, thus, the case is one of Textbook for attracting the disqualification clause, the protective proviso remaining miles away.”
Electoral Court of South Africa upholds the candidature of Jacob Zuma for the upcoming general elections in May 2024
The Court held that a person convicted of an offence and sentenced to more than 12 months’ imprisonment does not immediately become ineligible to be a member of the National Assembly and found Jacob Zuma’s disqualification to be incorrect.