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Supreme Court judgments on Section 83, Representation of the People Act, 1951

5 judgments, latest first, from 2018 to 2025. Listed when the Supreme Court Reports file the judgment's headnote under Section 83 of 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.
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.
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…
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…

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