https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=185140 Allegations of corrupt practice in an election petition are treated as grave and quasi-criminal, so the supporting evidence must be scrutinised with special care and proved beyond reasonable doubt. The Court found that the High Court had not adequately tested the oral and documentary material and that the finding could not stand without closer scrutiny. As to the Pukar Register and related challans, the objections concerned proof and authenticity rather than inherent admissibility, so the documents were not excluded, but their reliability required further clarification and proper proof. The matter was therefore remitted for fresh disposal on a fuller record. en-us Thu, 20 Feb 1975 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 01 Aug 2016 18:28:46 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=185140 Allegations of corrupt practice in an election petition are treated as grave and quasi-criminal, so the supporting evidence must be scrutinised with special care and proved beyond reasonable doubt. The Court found that the High Court had not adequately tested the oral and documentary material and that the finding could not stand without closer scrutiny. As to the Pukar Register and related challans, the objections concerned proof and authenticity rather than inherent admissibility, so the documents were not excluded, but their reliability required further clarification and proper proof. The matter was therefore remitted for fresh disposal on a fuller record. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 20 Feb 1975 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=185140