https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=152113 Section 89(3) of the Jammu and Kashmir Representation of the People Act, 1957 was held mandatory because it requires every copy of an election petition to be attested by the petitioner under his own signature as a true copy. The provision was treated as part of the statutory scheme ensuring prompt delivery of authenticated copies to respondents, and an advocate's attestation was not accepted as equivalent. Because the Act itself specifies both the mode of compliance and the consequence of default, substantial compliance was held insufficient, and non-compliance attracted dismissal under section 94(1). en-us Mon, 12 Nov 1979 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 09 Oct 2013 18:42:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=152113 Section 89(3) of the Jammu and Kashmir Representation of the People Act, 1957 was held mandatory because it requires every copy of an election petition to be attested by the petitioner under his own signature as a true copy. The provision was treated as part of the statutory scheme ensuring prompt delivery of authenticated copies to respondents, and an advocate's attestation was not accepted as equivalent. Because the Act itself specifies both the mode of compliance and the consequence of default, substantial compliance was held insufficient, and non-compliance attracted dismissal under section 94(1). Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 12 Nov 1979 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=152113