https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=172877 Section 86 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 permits dismissal in limine of an election petition only for non-compliance with Sections 81, 82 or 117. A petition cannot be rejected at the threshold merely for alleged defects under Section 83 or on objections of estoppel raised by the returned candidate. Questions concerning whether the election petitioner was precluded from challenging rejected ballot papers, and whether those ballot papers were valid or invalid, required adjudication at trial on evidence and after hearing both sides. The threshold dismissal was therefore unsustainable, and the election petition had to proceed to trial on the remaining issues. en-us Tue, 23 Sep 2003 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 09 Dec 2015 16:20:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=172877 Section 86 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 permits dismissal in limine of an election petition only for non-compliance with Sections 81, 82 or 117. A petition cannot be rejected at the threshold merely for alleged defects under Section 83 or on objections of estoppel raised by the returned candidate. Questions concerning whether the election petitioner was precluded from challenging rejected ballot papers, and whether those ballot papers were valid or invalid, required adjudication at trial on evidence and after hearing both sides. The threshold dismissal was therefore unsustainable, and the election petition had to proceed to trial on the remaining issues. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 23 Sep 2003 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=172877