https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=188812 Procedural defects in an anti-defection petition, including imperfect verification, irregular publication of Forms and Gazette material, or gaps in register maintenance, were treated as directory and evidentiary only, so they did not defeat proceedings where no prejudice was shown. On the substantive facts, election on the party ticket, formation of a separate group, voluntary giving up of party membership, and voting against a valid whip attracted disqualification under the anti-defection law. A merger plea failed for lack of factual basis, and a mistaken statutory reference in the order was treated as a clerical misdescription that did not affect legality. en-us Fri, 10 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 17 Dec 2016 11:47:56 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=188812 Procedural defects in an anti-defection petition, including imperfect verification, irregular publication of Forms and Gazette material, or gaps in register maintenance, were treated as directory and evidentiary only, so they did not defeat proceedings where no prejudice was shown. On the substantive facts, election on the party ticket, formation of a separate group, voluntary giving up of party membership, and voting against a valid whip attracted disqualification under the anti-defection law. A merger plea failed for lack of factual basis, and a mistaken statutory reference in the order was treated as a clerical misdescription that did not affect legality. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 10 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=188812