https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=305392 Corrupt practices in election matters are treated as quasi-criminal and must be proved strictly; on the evidence of hiring and printing expenses, excessive election expenditure was upheld and disqualification followed. A declaration that another candidate should be elected requires more than proof of corrupt practice: the petitioner must also show a clear, quantified nexus between the practice and identifiable votes sufficient to secure a majority after exclusion of tainted votes. Because the record did not provide a reliable arithmetical basis for that vote calculation, the claim to be declared elected failed, and the statutory declaration under Section 101 was set aside. en-us Fri, 11 Oct 1974 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 02 Dec 2022 13:14:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=305392 Corrupt practices in election matters are treated as quasi-criminal and must be proved strictly; on the evidence of hiring and printing expenses, excessive election expenditure was upheld and disqualification followed. A declaration that another candidate should be elected requires more than proof of corrupt practice: the petitioner must also show a clear, quantified nexus between the practice and identifiable votes sufficient to secure a majority after exclusion of tainted votes. Because the record did not provide a reliable arithmetical basis for that vote calculation, the claim to be declared elected failed, and the statutory declaration under Section 101 was set aside. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 11 Oct 1974 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=305392