https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=290421 A candidate for a State Legislature must make and subscribe the constitutional oath or affirmation before scrutiny of nominations begins, because Article 173 treats that act as a qualification for election and Section 36(2)(a) permits rejection where the candidate is not qualified on the date fixed for scrutiny. The statutory scheme does not require the oath to accompany the nomination paper, but the words "on the date fixed for scrutiny" were read to cover the whole of that day from its commencement, not a later point in time. On that basis, the nomination was validly rejected. en-us Mon, 22 Jan 1968 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 25 Sep 2020 11:35:23 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=290421 A candidate for a State Legislature must make and subscribe the constitutional oath or affirmation before scrutiny of nominations begins, because Article 173 treats that act as a qualification for election and Section 36(2)(a) permits rejection where the candidate is not qualified on the date fixed for scrutiny. The statutory scheme does not require the oath to accompany the nomination paper, but the words "on the date fixed for scrutiny" were read to cover the whole of that day from its commencement, not a later point in time. On that basis, the nomination was validly rejected. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 22 Jan 1968 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=290421