https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=301645 Election petition requirements under the Representation of the People Act were construed as mandatory only to the extent necessary to secure fair notice and proper joinder. Adding an unnecessary party, where all necessary contesting candidates were already impleaded, was held not to violate section 82. Minor omissions in the served copy were treated as immaterial because a true copy need only be sufficiently accurate not to mislead an ordinary reader under section 81(3). Defects in verification and the accompanying affidavit were also held not fatal, as they did not amount to real non-compliance and could be treated as curable or substantially compliant. The preliminary objections were therefore rejected and the election petitions remained maintainable. en-us Tue, 07 May 1963 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 13 Apr 2022 12:07:02 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=301645 Election petition requirements under the Representation of the People Act were construed as mandatory only to the extent necessary to secure fair notice and proper joinder. Adding an unnecessary party, where all necessary contesting candidates were already impleaded, was held not to violate section 82. Minor omissions in the served copy were treated as immaterial because a true copy need only be sufficiently accurate not to mislead an ordinary reader under section 81(3). Defects in verification and the accompanying affidavit were also held not fatal, as they did not amount to real non-compliance and could be treated as curable or substantially compliant. The preliminary objections were therefore rejected and the election petitions remained maintainable. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 07 May 1963 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=301645