SCC 607 1993 4 JT 163 1993 3 SCALE 85 The Judgment was delivered by VERMA, J. VERMA, J. This election petition calls in question the election of Shri K. R. Narayanan as the Vice President of India.
These two persons alone were declared to be validly numberinated candidates and the polling was held on August 19, 1992, as a result of which the respondent, Shri K. R. Narayanan, was declared duly elected as the Vice President of India.
On September 17, 1992, this election petition was filed challenging the election The election of the returned candidate is challenged by the petitioner on two grounds, namely, i wrong acceptance of the numberination of the returned candidate, a ground under Section 18 1 c of the Presidential and Vice Presidential Elections Act, 1952 called the Act and ii companymission of the offence of undue influence at the election, a ground under Section 18 1 a of the Act, by issuance of a whip by the Congress Party to vote for the respondent at the election.
Petitioner Kaka Joginder Singh alias Dharti Pakad and scrutiny held on August 1, 1992, the numberination papers of both of them, were found to be valid by the Returning Officer.
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The facts relevant for the aforesaid two grounds on which the election petition has been filed are number stated.
At the time of scrutiny, but the objections were rejected.
A numberification dated July 17, 1992 was issued by the Returning Officer for the election of the Vice President of India, specifying July 31, 1992 as the last date for filing the numberinations.
Petitioner raised objection to the validity of the numberination papers filed by the respondent.
