https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=190928 In election petitions alleging corrupt practices, the affidavit and its true copy must be supplied in the prescribed form, including the affirmation before the prescribed authority or Oath Commissioner, so that the returned candidate is not misled. The Court treated non-supply of a true copy containing the requisite affirmation as a mandatory defect; the doctrine of substantial compliance did not apply, and the omission was not a curable irregularity. The election petition was therefore dismissed for failure to supply a true copy of the affidavit, and that dismissal was sustained. en-us Tue, 23 Apr 1996 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 09 Mar 2017 17:28:37 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=190928 In election petitions alleging corrupt practices, the affidavit and its true copy must be supplied in the prescribed form, including the affirmation before the prescribed authority or Oath Commissioner, so that the returned candidate is not misled. The Court treated non-supply of a true copy containing the requisite affirmation as a mandatory defect; the doctrine of substantial compliance did not apply, and the omission was not a curable irregularity. The election petition was therefore dismissed for failure to supply a true copy of the affidavit, and that dismissal was sustained. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 23 Apr 1996 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=190928