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Supreme Court judgments on Representation of the People Act, 1951

20 judgments, latest first, from 2018 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.

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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…
A. Raja vs D. Kumar
SC · 6 May 2025
[2025] 5 S.C.R. 1809 : 2025 INSC 629
Whether the Appellant belongs to the Hindu Parayan caste in the State of Kerala and is covered by the 1950 Order insofar as it relates to the State of Kerala; whether the Appellant had still retained the Hindu Parayan ca…
Kimneo Haokip Hangshing vs Kenn Raikhan & Ors.
SC · 13 September 2024
[2024] 9 S.C.R. 354 : 2024 INSC 689
Issue arose as to whether the Court can dismiss an election petition at the very threshold on an application u/Ord. VII r. 11 CPC or that the petition needs a detailed consideration by the Court.
Sheikh Noorul Hassan vs Nahakpam Indrajit Singh & Ors.
SC · 8 May 2024
[2024] 6 S.C.R. 53 : 2024 INSC 391
Matter pertains to the permissibility of filing of subsequent pleadingreplication as envisaged in Ord. VIII r. 9 CPC, during the course of the proceeding of an election petition under the 1951 Act, and in what circumstan…
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…
Karikho Kri vs Nuney Tayang and Another
SC · 9 April 2024
[2024] 4 S.C.R. 394 : 2024 INSC 289
In the year 2019, appellant-KK an independent candidate emerged victorious in Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly from 44 Tezu (ST) Assembly Constituency. The issue arising for consideration is as to the validity of t…
Karim Uddin Barbhuiya vs Aminul Haque Laskar & Ors.
SC · 8 April 2024
[2024] 4 S.C.R. 523 : 2024 INSC 282
Whether an election petition alleging corrupt practice in the nature of undue influence and alleging improper acceptance of nomination is to be rejected under Order VII Rule 11 CPC when material facts as required under s…
Dasanglu Pul vs Lupalum Kri
SC · 19 October 2023
[2023] 14 S.C.R. 1021 : 2023 INSC 930
Whether the indication made by the appellant-returned candidate in Form-26, as ‘not applicable’ in the column relating to ‘spouse’, in the facts of the present case would amount to non-disclosure of the properties owned…
Thangjam Arunkumar vs Yumkham Erabot Singh & Ors.
SC · 23 August 2023
[2023] 11 S.C.R. 392 : 2023 INSC 762
Election petition if liable to be dismissed by allowing the Or.7, r.11 application for non-compliance of s.83(1)(c), Representation of People Act, 1951.
Senthibalaji V. vs A.P. Geetha and Ors.
SC · 19 May 2023
[2023] 6 S.C.R. 546 : 2023 INSC 571
Representation of the People Act, 1951 – ss.83, 123 – Failure to plead material facts in the election petition concerning alleged corrupt practice – Held: s.123 defines corrupt practices – s.83(1)(a) mandates that an ele…
Shri Sukhbir Singh Badal vs Balwant Singh Khera and Ors.
SC · 28 April 2023
[2023] 10 S.C.R. 917 : 2023 INSC 466
Representation of People Act, 1951 – s. 29-A(5) – Sikh Gurudwaras Act, 1925 – Penal Code, 1860 – ss. 420, 463, 465, 466, 467, 468, 471 r/w s. 120B, 191, 192 – Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – ss. 202, 204, 315, 482 – A…
Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay vs Union of India and Another
SC · 2 February 2023
[2023] 5 S.C.R. 701 : 2023 INSC 94
Representation of the People Act, 1951: s. 33(7) – Constitutional validity of –s. 33(7) permitting person to contest from more than one constituency for the same office simultaneously – Plea that a person should not be p…
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…
Saritha S. Nair vs Hibi Eden
SC · 9 December 2020
[2020] 13 S.C.R. 635 : 2020 INSC 693
Representation of the People Act, 1951 – s.8(3) – Disqualification under – The petitioner filed nominations from two Lok Sabha Constituencies – The nominations were rejected on the ground that she was convicted in 2 crim…
Lok Prahari, through Its General Secretary S.N. Shukla vs Election Commission of India & Ors.
SC · 26 September 2018
[2018] 12 S.C.R. 169 : 2018 INSC 884
Representation of the People Act, 1951 – s.8 – Disqualification u/s.8 on conviction for certain offences – Stay of conviction by the Appellate Court – Effect of – Held: Upon the stay of a conviction u/s. 389 of Cr.P.C.,…
Pramod Laxman Gudadhe vs Election Commission of India and Ors.
SC · 9 May 2018
[2018] 4 S.C.R. 397 : 2018 INSC 464
Representation of People Act, 1951 – s.151A – Interpretation of – Justifiability of holding bye-election – On resignation of elected representative of constituency in question, the petitioner, public spirited person file…
Madiraju Venkata Ramana Raju vs Peddireddigari Ramachandra Reddy & Ors.
SC · 21 March 2018
[2018] 9 S.C.R. 164 : 2018 INSC 249
Representation of People Act, 1951 – ss. 83 and 100(1)(a) and (d)(i), 101 and 125A(i) – Appellant challenged the election of respondent no.1 by filing election petition before the High Court alleging that respondent no.1…
Abdulrasakh vs K. P. Mohammed & Ors.
SC · 8 March 2018
[2018] 3 S.C.R. 583 : 2018 INSC 220
The Representation of People Act, 1951 – ss.81(1), 86 and 123(4) – Election petition filed against appellant by respondent nos.1 & 2 on ground of corrupt practices – Petition returned from the Registry and thereafter re-…
Lok Prahari, through Its General Secretary S. N. Shukla vs Union of India & Others
SC · 16 February 2018
[2018] 2 S.C.R. 892 : 2018 INSC 164
The Representation of the People Act, 1951 – Chapter II, Part III – ss.2(g), 7(b), 8, 8A, 9, 9A, 10, 10A, 33A, 33B, 77, 78, 100, 123 and 169 – Disqualification of Legislators on ground of undue accretion of assets – Righ…

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