HARMOHINDER SINGH PRADHAN Vs. RANJEET SINGH TALWANDI

JUDGEMENT

(1.) -This appeal under Section 116-A of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 (hereinafter the Act for short) puts in issue an order passed by the designated Election Judge of the High Court, whereby an election petition filed by the appellant has been directed to be dismissed at the threshold as disclosing no cause of action.

(2.) The sole ground on which the election of respondent No.1 was sought to be challenged and set aside, is that the respondent No.1 had committed the corrupt practice within the meaning of sub-section (3) of Section 123 of the Act, which reads as under :

(3.) The said corrupt practice is said to have been committed by respondent No.1 in the public meetings held on 1-2-2002, 3-2-2002, 8-2-2002 and 9-2-2002. The relevant part of the averments made in this regard in the election petition are extracted and reproduced hereunder :