https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=304135 The election law required nomination papers to be completed in the prescribed form and properly subscribed by the candidate, proposer and seconder. For illiterate signatories, a thumb-mark counted as a valid signature only if placed in the prescribed presence and attested by the specified officer, making attestation part of the substance of compliance. Because that attestation had to exist at the time of presentation, the omission could not be treated as a mere technical defect or cured at scrutiny. Nomination papers lacking this requirement were invalid, and the Returning Officer was bound to reject them. en-us Fri, 21 May 1954 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 09 Sep 2022 11:58:52 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=304135 The election law required nomination papers to be completed in the prescribed form and properly subscribed by the candidate, proposer and seconder. For illiterate signatories, a thumb-mark counted as a valid signature only if placed in the prescribed presence and attested by the specified officer, making attestation part of the substance of compliance. Because that attestation had to exist at the time of presentation, the omission could not be treated as a mere technical defect or cured at scrutiny. Nomination papers lacking this requirement were invalid, and the Returning Officer was bound to reject them. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 21 May 1954 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=304135