https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=175637 In an election petition, the Supreme Court majority held that the Representation of the People Act, 1951 is a special, self-contained code, so recrimination under Section 97 is available only when the petition includes the additional declaration contemplated by Section 84. Because Section 87 applies the Code of Civil Procedure only subject to the Act, Order VIII Rule 6A could not be used to introduce counter-claims or recriminatory pleas that would bypass the statutory scheme. In the absence of a prayer for further declaration, such pleadings were beyond permissible defence and liable to be struck off. The dissent treated the pleas as a defence to recount rather than recrimination. en-us Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 01 Dec 2015 20:11:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=175637 In an election petition, the Supreme Court majority held that the Representation of the People Act, 1951 is a special, self-contained code, so recrimination under Section 97 is available only when the petition includes the additional declaration contemplated by Section 84. Because Section 87 applies the Code of Civil Procedure only subject to the Act, Order VIII Rule 6A could not be used to introduce counter-claims or recriminatory pleas that would bypass the statutory scheme. In the absence of a prayer for further declaration, such pleadings were beyond permissible defence and liable to be struck off. The dissent treated the pleas as a defence to recount rather than recrimination. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=175637