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Explore latest Cases reported in SCC’s High Court Cases (HCC) Election Law: Party Recognition, Voting Rights, and Election Disputes.

Rajendra Gavit election cas
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“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.

Madhya Pradesh High Court
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The Court found the Sub Divisional Officer’s handwritten order-sheets, nearly illegible, making it difficult for the higher authority to discern the proceedings.

election dispute caste of returned candidate
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The matter revolved around the respondent questioning the petitioner’s election to Jagaluru Vidhan Sabha Constituency contending that the petitioner did not belong to Scheduled Tribe but belonged to the Other Backward Community.

Bombay High Court
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“Amol has thoroughly failed to raise necessary pleadings disclosing the cause of action for setting aside the election of Ravindra under any of the grounds enumerated in Section 100 of the RP Act.”

Himachal Pradesh High Court
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Election petition discloses all material facts as are required to be disclosed in law. No material fact upon which the petitioner relies, be it positive or negative, has been concealed in the petition. Law does not obligate the petitioner to project respondent’s case in his petition.

Election petition against KH Hangshing
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Supreme Court reiterated that the Election Petition should not be rejected at the very threshold where there is a “substantial compliance” of the provisions.

Madhya Pradesh High Court
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“The petitioners have not averred as to how the result of the returned candidate can be affected by minor deficiencies. Thus, the petitioners have failed to make out any cause of action.”

Madhya Pradesh High Court
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The Congress candidate Narendra Patel filed an election petition alleging that the BJP MP Gyaneshwar Patil suppressed material information in his affidavit in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections for the Khandwa constituency.

Allahabad High Court
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“Election law should be interpreted strictly, particularly, with regard to the prescribed period of limitation for the purposes of entertaining the election petition inasmuch as there is no provision qua applicability of the Limitation Act.”

Delhi High Court
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Respondent submitted that present petition is not maintainable, at this stage, in view of the bar under Article 329(b) of the Constitution and the petitioner has the remedy of filing an election petition after the elections are over.

Madhya Pradesh High Court
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Madhya Pradesh High Court issued notice to Congress MLA and Leader of Opposition, Umang Singhar to respond to the allegations of adopting corrupt practices.

Madhya Pradesh High Court
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The petitioner, Congress candidate PC Sharma, has alleged irregularities in the election process, specifically regarding the functioning of EVMs.

rich tapestry of constitutional jurisprudence
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The alleged non-compliance with statutory and Election Commission mandated regulations, and their legal effect, cannot be examined through a summary proceeding under Order VII Rule 11, CPC, or even under Order XII Rule 6, CPC.

kanimozhi election
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DMK MP Kanimozhi Karunanidhi’s election was challenged on the ground that she had intentionally supressed the information about the payment of income tax of her spouse.

Madhya Pradesh High Court
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    Madhya Pradesh High Court | Vishal Dhagat, J., dismissed the election petition filed by the petitioner, after giving repeated opportunities

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The Court cannot be oblivious to the fact that today people rush to Courts to file cases in profusion, under this attractive name of public interest.

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    Supreme Court: In a Special leave petition under Article 136 of the Constitution against a judgment passed by the High

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“Once there is an affidavit, albeit not in Form 25, the appropriate course would be to permit an affidavit to be filed in Form 25.”