https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=196735 Security for costs under Section 117 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 must be deposited when an election petition is presented, but the procedural manner of deposit and the name appearing on the receipt or challan are governed by High Court rules and are directory rather than mandatory. A complete failure to deposit security is fatal, but an actual deposit made with a procedural irregularity does not by itself defeat maintainability. Where the evidence shows that the prescribed amount was in fact deposited, the petition is not liable to dismissal merely because the receipt stood in another name. en-us Tue, 04 Sep 2001 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 13 Dec 2017 11:29:17 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=196735 Security for costs under Section 117 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 must be deposited when an election petition is presented, but the procedural manner of deposit and the name appearing on the receipt or challan are governed by High Court rules and are directory rather than mandatory. A complete failure to deposit security is fatal, but an actual deposit made with a procedural irregularity does not by itself defeat maintainability. Where the evidence shows that the prescribed amount was in fact deposited, the petition is not liable to dismissal merely because the receipt stood in another name. Case-Laws Companies Law Tue, 04 Sep 2001 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=196735