https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=292422 An election petition could not be dismissed on the ground that the Election Tribunal reopened a one-day delay already condoned by the competent authority; the limitation objection was not open for reconsideration. Non-joinder of candidates who had withdrawn before the poll did not justify dismissal, and even a necessary-party objection was not a basis for outright rejection at that stage. Defective verification without dates was treated as a curable irregularity, not a ground for threshold dismissal. For corrupt-practice pleadings, vague allegations had to be struck out or clarified, while specific allegations could still be enquired into. The dismissal was set aside and the matter remitted for enquiry on the surviving allegations. en-us Mon, 02 May 1955 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 23 Dec 2020 11:18:53 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=292422 An election petition could not be dismissed on the ground that the Election Tribunal reopened a one-day delay already condoned by the competent authority; the limitation objection was not open for reconsideration. Non-joinder of candidates who had withdrawn before the poll did not justify dismissal, and even a necessary-party objection was not a basis for outright rejection at that stage. Defective verification without dates was treated as a curable irregularity, not a ground for threshold dismissal. For corrupt-practice pleadings, vague allegations had to be struck out or clarified, while specific allegations could still be enquired into. The dismissal was set aside and the matter remitted for enquiry on the surviving allegations. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 02 May 1955 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=292422