(1.) IN the background of facts briefly stated below, questions for determination in these appeals are -
(2.) WHETHER contract between the elected candidate and the Government was subsisting on the date of scrutiny of nomination papers?
(3.) APPELLANT also filed Recrimination Petition under S. 97 of the Act praying that in the event of his election to the constituency being declared void, respondent No. 1 Dr. Vijay Kumar Khandre should not be declared as elected as he is guilty of corrupt practices as specified in S. 123 of the Act.