https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=306019 A candidate who was an elector of another constituency had to file the electoral roll, relevant part, or certified copy of the relevant entries with the nomination paper or before scrutiny; that requirement was mandatory, and failure to comply justified rejection because the returning officer was not bound to search for the record or cure the omission. On age eligibility, school and examination records could be looked at, but they did not prove date of birth unless the source of the entry was established by competent connecting evidence. As no reliable proof of the candidates' age was produced, the rejection of the nominations was not shown to be improper on the evidence. en-us Tue, 02 Aug 1988 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 05 Jan 2023 16:29:53 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=306019 A candidate who was an elector of another constituency had to file the electoral roll, relevant part, or certified copy of the relevant entries with the nomination paper or before scrutiny; that requirement was mandatory, and failure to comply justified rejection because the returning officer was not bound to search for the record or cure the omission. On age eligibility, school and examination records could be looked at, but they did not prove date of birth unless the source of the entry was established by competent connecting evidence. As no reliable proof of the candidates' age was produced, the rejection of the nominations was not shown to be improper on the evidence. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 02 Aug 1988 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=306019