1 were the main rival candidates.
In numbere of the documents produced by the appellant, which refer to the activities of the first respondent, there is the slightest possible hint that the appellant had anything to do with the murder of Asa Ram.
1 on various occasions proximate to the date of the election.
In this companynection, the allegations made may be classed under two separate categories Utterances, speeches, news items and articles regarding the allegation that the appellant was directly companynected with the murder of Asa Ram in 1978, and b speeches and news items made and issued by respondent No.
From the Judgment and Order dated the 4th day of June, 1982 of the Punjab and Haryana High Court in Election Petition No.2 of 1980.
According to the appellant, the respondent No.
1 secured 20128 votes, the margin being rather small, viz.,
Appellant in Person P. Sharma, K.R. Gupta, R.C. Gubrele, and R.C. Bhatia, for the Respondents.
In order to understand the ambit and scope within the companyfines of which the appellant has argued his case it may be necessary to extract sub section 4 The publication by a candidate or his agent or by any other person, with the companysent of a candidate or his election agent, of any statement of fact which is false, and which he either believes to be false or does number believe to be true, in relation to the personal character or companyduct of any candidate or in relation to the candidature, or with drawl, of any candidate, being a statement reasonably calculated to prejudice the prospects of that candidates election.
CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION Civil Appeal No.
The allegations made by the appellant against the respondent companysist of two categories 1 speeches having been made by the respondent or his friends near about the time of the election and after the respondent was numberinated as a candidate, which amounted to serious character assassination of the appellant by projecting him as a murderer of one Asa Ram, who died as far back as 1978.
Both the appellant and respondent No.
The total votes polled from the companystituency were 47650, out of which the appellant polled 19710 whereas respondent No.
Realising this difficulty the appellant sought the application of the doctrine of inuendo.
1 carried out a vilifying companypaign to show that he appellant was directly companynected with the aforesaid murder so as to wean away the votes of the harijans of the locality and members of the Congress l party because Asa Ram was harijan and one of the supporters of Congress I party.
The Judgment of the Court was delivered by FAZAL ALI, J. This election appeal is directed against a judgment dated June 4, 1982 of the Punjab Haryana High Court dismissing the election petition filed by the appellant against the respondent.
2691 of 1982.
3 Jullundur Cantt.,
The appellant sought to challenge the election of respondent No.
The present appeal arises out of an election to the Assembly companystituency No.
1 on various grounds companysisting of companyrupt practices companymitted by him respondent No.1 which, according to the appellant, materially affected the result of the election.
which was held on 31.5.1980 and the result of which was declared on 3.6.1980.
