https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=185092 Election disputes must be confined to the pleadings and framed issues, and a party cannot seek evidence or document summons on matters never pleaded. Where the petition and issues were limited to six tendered votes, the court could not expand the enquiry to additional tendered votes absent material facts and full particulars. A recount or similar direction requires a prima facie case supported by pleaded material; a roving or fishing inquiry is impermissible. The narrow exception allowing evidence despite imperfect issues does not apply when the controversy itself was never put in issue. The refusal to consider the additional tendered votes was therefore upheld. en-us Mon, 24 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 01 May 2023 12:20:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=185092 Election disputes must be confined to the pleadings and framed issues, and a party cannot seek evidence or document summons on matters never pleaded. Where the petition and issues were limited to six tendered votes, the court could not expand the enquiry to additional tendered votes absent material facts and full particulars. A recount or similar direction requires a prima facie case supported by pleaded material; a roving or fishing inquiry is impermissible. The narrow exception allowing evidence despite imperfect issues does not apply when the controversy itself was never put in issue. The refusal to consider the additional tendered votes was therefore upheld. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 24 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=185092