https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=192013 A charge of corrupt practice in an election petition must be proved by clear, reliable evidence, and credibility findings by the trial court will not be lightly disturbed. The alleged false statements at election meetings, the pamphlet, and the weekly publication were not proved to have been made, published, or circulated by the returned candidate or with his consent, so those allegations failed. The partial recount ordered by the Returning Officer was upheld because the evidence did not justify a wider recount or displace the counting findings. On costs, counsel's fees were disallowed because election-law costs are confined to expenses actually incurred. en-us Fri, 28 Sep 1973 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 09 May 2017 15:43:55 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=192013 A charge of corrupt practice in an election petition must be proved by clear, reliable evidence, and credibility findings by the trial court will not be lightly disturbed. The alleged false statements at election meetings, the pamphlet, and the weekly publication were not proved to have been made, published, or circulated by the returned candidate or with his consent, so those allegations failed. The partial recount ordered by the Returning Officer was upheld because the evidence did not justify a wider recount or displace the counting findings. On costs, counsel's fees were disallowed because election-law costs are confined to expenses actually incurred. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 28 Sep 1973 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=192013