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PETITIONER: JUMUNA PRASAD MUKHARIYA AND OTHERS.
Vs.
RESPONDENT: LACHHI RAM AND OTHERS.
DATE OF JUDGMENT: 28/09/1954
BENCH: BOSE, VIVIAN BENCH: BOSE, VIVIAN MAHAJAN, MEHAR CHAND (CJ) MUKHERJEA, B.K. DAS, SUDHI RANJAN HASAN, GHULAM
CITATION: 1954 AIR 686 1955 SCR 608 CITATOR INFO : D 1955 SC 756 (6) D 1965 SC 183 (26) RF 1975 SC 349 (29) RF 1975 SC2299 (140) R 1980 SC 354 (5) RF 1990 SC1023 (12) C 1991 SC2001 (5)
ACT: Constitution of India, Art. 19(1) (a)-Representation of the People Act (XLIII of 1951). ss. 123(5) and 124(5)- Whether ultra vires the Constitution.
HEADNOTE: Held, that sections 123(5) and 124(5) of the Representation of the People Act (XLIII of 1951) are not ultra vires article 19(1) (a) of the Constitution.
JUDGMENT: CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION: Civil Appeal No. 156 of 1954. Appeals by Special Leave against the Judgment and Order dated the 24th December, 1953, of the Election Tribunal, Gwalior, Madhya Bharat, in Election Petition No. 263 of 1952. N.C. Chatterjee, (S. K. Kapur and Ganpat Rai, with him) for the appellants. C.K. Daphtary, Solicitor-General for India (S. P. Varma, with him) for the respondents Nos. I and 5. C.K. Daphtary, Solicitor-General for India (C. P. Lal, with him) for respondent No. 4. 1954. September 28. The Judgm...