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Supreme Court judgments on Conduct of Elections Rules, 1961

6 judgments, latest first, from 2021 to 2025. Listed when the Supreme Court Reports file the judgment's headnote under this Act, as printed at the start of the headnote. Judgments that only mention it in passing are not listed.

Tankadhar Tripathy vs Dipali Das
SC · 22 August 2025
[2025] 8 S.C.R. 1137 : 2025 INSC 1017
Whether non-compliance with the proviso to Section 83(1)(c) of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 is a fatal defect, rendering the Election Petition non-maintainable at the threshold.
Ajmera Shyam vs Smt. Kova Laxmi & Ors.
SC · 14 August 2025
[2025] 8 S.C.R. 1789 : 2025 INSC 992
Issue arose whether the non-mentioning of the income shown in the income tax return for four financial years in the Form 26 Affidavit and its portrayal as “Nil” by the respondent no.1-returned candidate would amount to n…
Association For Democratic Reforms vs Election Commission of India and Another
SC · 26 April 2024
[2024] 5 S.C.R. 415 : 2024 INSC 341
Petitioners sought directions for re-introduction of the paper ballot system; or that the printed slip from the Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) machine be given to the voter to verify, and put in the ballot bo…
Lok Prahari vs Union of India & Ors.
SC · 27 March 2023
[2023] 7 S.C.R. 357 : 2023 INSC 302
Conduct of Election Rules, 1961 – Rule 39-AA – Representation of the People Act, 1951 – ss. 59, 94 and 128(1), amended by Act of 2003 – Challenge to r. 39-AA – Petitioner has challenged the constitutional validity of rul…
S. Rukmini Madegowda vs The State Election Commission & Ors.
SC · 14 September 2022
[2022] 12 S.C.R. 1 : 2022 INSC 958
Karnataka Municipal Corporations Act, 1976 – ss.27, 3335, 39 – Karnataka Municipal Corporation (Election) Rules, 1979 – Representation of People Act, 1951 – s.123(2) – Conduct of Elections Rules, 1961 – Election Petition…
A. Manju vs Prajwal Revanna @ Prajwal R & Ors.
SC · 13 December 2021
[2021] 12 S.C.R. 195 : 2021 INSC 881
Conduct of Election Rules, 1961 – r.94A – Non-submission of Form 25 – Election petition containing allegations of corrupt practices – Whether election petition can be thrown out at the threshold on a plea of the elected…

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