https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=174934 Election law requires strict compliance with statutory proof requirements. A corrupt-practice allegation under section 123(7)(c) of the Representation of the People Act could not be sustained because there was no legal evidence that the appellant had duly appointed Puran Singh as a polling agent under section 46; the finding against the appellant was reversed. By contrast, where a candidate was an elector of another constituency, non-production of the prescribed electoral-roll copy at scrutiny attracted sections 33(5) and 36(2)(b), and the returning officer was justified in rejecting the nomination paper because the statutory mode of proof was mandatory, not merely technical. en-us Tue, 30 Sep 1958 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 29 Oct 2015 10:47:53 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=174934 Election law requires strict compliance with statutory proof requirements. A corrupt-practice allegation under section 123(7)(c) of the Representation of the People Act could not be sustained because there was no legal evidence that the appellant had duly appointed Puran Singh as a polling agent under section 46; the finding against the appellant was reversed. By contrast, where a candidate was an elector of another constituency, non-production of the prescribed electoral-roll copy at scrutiny attracted sections 33(5) and 36(2)(b), and the returning officer was justified in rejecting the nomination paper because the statutory mode of proof was mandatory, not merely technical. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 30 Sep 1958 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=174934