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Stay updated with High Court rulings on election law, covering party deregistration, voting rights of detained MLAs, recounting standards, corrupt practices, and procedural safeguards in nomination<\/p>\n

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A. Election \u2014 Political Parties, Politics and Government Formation \u2014 Recognition of a Political Party\/Election Symbol \u2014 Derecognition\/Cancellation of Registration \u2014 Exceptions for<\/span> \u2014 Held, three exceptions under registration of political party can be cancelled by ECI are: (i) when registration was secured through fraud or misrepresentation; (ii) if issues arise under sub-section (9) of S. 29-A; and (iii) if political party is declared unlawful by Central Government under Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967<\/a>, or any other similar legislation [Govind Yadav v. Union of India<\/span>, (2024) 5 HCC (Del) 13<\/a>]<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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B. Election \u2014 Election Statutes, Rules, Regulations, Norms, Etc. \u2014 Representation of the People Act, 1951<\/a> \u2014 Ss. 62(2)<\/a> and 62(5)<\/a> \u2014<\/span> Disqualification either to cast vote in election or to contest election in case of conviction \u2014 Non-applicability of Ss. 62(2) and 62(5) in cases relating to grant of permission to MLA, under punitive detention, to participate in Legislative Assembly Session \u2014 Held, there is distinction between disqualification of membership and grant of permission to attend proceedings in parliamentary session \u2014 Ss. 62(2)<\/a> and 62(5)<\/a> of the 1951 Act<\/a> speaks of prohibition in casting vote or contesting election in case of judgment of conviction \u2014 Present case is not a case of conviction and court not dealing with his disqualification either to cast vote in election or considering his right to contest election \u2014 Ss. 62(2) and 62(5) of the 1951 Act inapplicable \u2014 Permission to participate in Budget Session, not granted \u2014 Writ petition dismissed [Hemant Soren v. Enforcement Directorate<\/span>, (2024) 1 HCC (Jhar) 202<\/a>]<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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C. Election \u2014 Conduct of Election \u2014 Conduct of Election Statutes, Rules, Regulations, Norms, etc. \u2014 Election Commission Circular No. 437\/6\/1, dt. 21-12-2023 \u2014 Cl. 6(vi) \u2014<\/span> Held, officer due to retire in coming six months to be exempted from purview\/applicability of the circular \u2014 Six months to be reckoned backwards from 30-6-2023 \u2014 If officer posted in Home District is due to retire in six months and is holding election related post, officer shall be released of that charge [Dattatraya R. Karale v. Shekhar Balasaheb Genbhau<\/span>, (2024) 1 HCC (Bom) 435<\/a>]<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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D. Election \u2014 Elections to Particular Bodies\/Offices \u2014 Local Government\/Bodies\/Municipalities\/Panchayats\/Autonomous and Other Bodies \u2014 Electoral roll\/Voters List\/Voters Register \u2014<\/span> Cooperative Society \u2014 Locus of \u2014 Objections raised before District Cooperative Election Officer (DCEO) \u2014 Held, member should be a voter \u2014 Where a cooperative society is a voter, their authorized representative may raise objections \u2014 Person other than defaulters\/members not listed in provisional voters list has no locus to raise objections before DCEO \u2014 Locus of third person\/members to file objection and to insist on other’s inclusion without removing tag \u201cdefaulter\u201d by those defaulter members, not permissible \u2014 DCEO to decide claims and objections to provisional list of voters \u2014 Final list of voters for societies and individuals as members as provided under R. 11 of the 2014 Rules \u2014 Fair opportunity granted to objectors \u2014 Claims and objections considered and decided within ambit and scope of R. 11 of the 2014 Rules \u2014 Defaulter did not raise objections in person [Sanjay v. State Coop. Election Authority<\/span>, (2024) 1 HCC (Bom) 374<\/a>]<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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E. Election \u2014 Election Petition\/Trial \u2014 Practice and Procedure for Election Trial \u2014 Pleadings and particulars \u2014 Contents\/material fact\/full particulars \u2014 Defects\/Vagueness in pleadings \u2014<\/span> Conditions imperative to direct inspection\/recounting of ballot papers \u2014 Held, election petition should contain concise statement of material fact, on which petitioner relies, and material supporting allegations made thereunder \u2014 Secrecy of ballot is sacrosanct and court cannot pass order of recounting as matter of course \u2014 Mere allegation based on petitioner’s belief or suspicion that there was improper reception, refusal or rejection of votes not sufficient to order of inspection or recounting \u2014 Held on facts, allegations not definite and precise \u2014 Pleadings do not demonstrate irregularity at time of counting and are vague and cryptic \u2014 Order of recounting arbitrary and unsustainable [Sarita Yadav v. Saroja Devi<\/span>, (2023) 1 HCC (All) 736<\/a>]<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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F. Election \u2014 Conduct of Election \u2014 Voting Mechanism: Ballot Paper\/Electronic Voting Machine \u2014 Re-count of Votes\/Ballot papers<\/span> \u2014 Passing order on basis of bare allegations in election petition \u2014 Impermissibility of \u2014 Held, ordering of recount on basis of bare allegations in election petition not a proper exercise of jurisdiction and a mere fact that there is narrow margin of votes between winning and defeated candidate, not sufficient to direct recount of votes \u2014 No justification or prima facie satisfaction recorded by Presiding Office prior to passing order directing for recounting \u2014Writ petition allowed [Vijay Singh v. Rajdeep Singh<\/span>, (2023) 1 HCC (All) 87<\/a>]<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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G. Election \u2014 Corrupt Practices\/Electoral Offences \u2014 Undue Influence\/Coercion\/Fraud \u2014<\/span> Suppression of criminal case in election petition \u2014 Non-disclosure of criminal antecedents of candidate in entirety and in full detail, held, amounts to corrupt practices of undue influence and election of candidate must be set aside on such ground \u2014 Respondent guilty of corrupt practice by not disclosing pending criminal case against him \u2014 Acceptance of his nomination was improper\/bad in law \u2014 Election has to be declared as void in terms of Ss. 100(1)(b), 100(1)(d) and 98(b) of the Act, 1951 \u2014 In view of overarching need for transparency and purity, (even though the time has expired), a declaration has to be given [Vemireddy Pattabhirami Reddy v. Yendapal Srinivasulu Reddy<\/span>, (2023) 1 HCC (AP) 138<\/a>]<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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H. Election \u2014 Election Petition\/Trial \u2014 Scope of Interference \u2014 Grounds for declaring election void \u2014 Improper Acceptance\/Rejection of Nomination Paper \u2014<\/span> Scrutiny of nominations \u2014 Extent of jurisdiction of Returning Officer to determine validity of information furnished in nomination papers \u2014 Held, duty of Returning Officer to check whether information required is fully furnished at time of filing of affidavit with nomination paper \u2014 Power of Returning Officer to reject nomination paper must be exercised sparingly but bar should not be laid so high that justice itself is prejudiced \u2014 Not open to Returning Officer to enquire into contentious issues at stage of scrutiny of nomination forms \u2014 Avowed purpose of filing affidavit is to make truthful disclosure of relevant matters regarding assets and liabilities \u2014 As respondent’s nomination paper suffered from defects, it is case of improper acceptance of his nomination paper by Returning Officer, covered by rigors of S. 100(1)(d)(i) of the Representation of the People Act [P. Milany v. S. Arumugam<\/span>, (2023) 1 HCC (Mad) 548<\/a>]<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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