https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=157257 Corrupt practice under Section 123(4) of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 was not proved because the alleged 1978 material was too remote from the election and no continuous link was shown between earlier imputations and the campaign in question. The doctrine of inuendo was rejected since the material did not clearly identify the appellant as the target of the statements. The 1980 allegations also failed: the oral testimony was unreliable and contradictory, the newspaper reports were second-hand and unsupported by direct evidence, and the admitted speech text did not itself impute the alleged murder to the appellant. The High Court's finding was upheld. en-us Mon, 02 Apr 1984 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 31 Jul 2014 19:46:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=157257 Corrupt practice under Section 123(4) of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 was not proved because the alleged 1978 material was too remote from the election and no continuous link was shown between earlier imputations and the campaign in question. The doctrine of inuendo was rejected since the material did not clearly identify the appellant as the target of the statements. The 1980 allegations also failed: the oral testimony was unreliable and contradictory, the newspaper reports were second-hand and unsupported by direct evidence, and the admitted speech text did not itself impute the alleged murder to the appellant. The High Court's finding was upheld. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 02 Apr 1984 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=157257