It further held that as this companyrupt practice was companymitted by a candidate, namely, Raturi Vaid, it was necessary to join him as respondent to the petition.
In the election to the U.P. Legislative Assembly from Dehra Dun City companystituency in 1962, Brij Bhushan Saran respondent was one of the candidates and was declared elected.
Appeal from the judgment and decree dated April 17, 1963 of the Allahabad High Court in.
He however withdrew his candidature within the time fixed for withdrawal.
The facts necessary for present purposes are these.
upheld the view taken by the Tribunal.
CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION Civil Appeal No.
First Appeal No.
2 of 1963.
Naunit Lal, for the appellants.
1141 of 1965.
Veda Vyasa and K. K. Jain, for respondent No.
One Raturi Vaid was another candidate at the same election.
He belonged to the same party as the returned candidate and worked for him.
After the election, an election petition was filed by two electors praying that the election of Brij Bhushan Saran be set aside, and one of the grounds with which alone we are companycerned in the present appeal was that Raturi Vaid had threatened an elector after the date of his withdrawal from the candidature that the electors bones would be broken if he did number cast his vote for Brij Bhushan Saran and also did number work for him and persuade others to vote for him.
The Judgment of the Court was delivered by Wanchoo, J. This appeal on a certificate granted by the Allahabad High Court raises the question of interpretation of s. 82 b of the Representation of the People Act, No.
43 of 1951, hereinafter referred to as the Act .
