LAWS(MPH)-1959-1-3

SARLA DEVI Vs. BIRENDRASINGH

Decided On January 15, 1959
SARLA DEVI, DWARKAPRASAD Appellant
V/S
BIRENDRASINGH, BENI SINGH Respondents

JUDGEMENT

(1.) This is on appeal under Section 116-A of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 (hereinafter referr- ed to as the Act) against the order of the Election Tribunal, Jabalpur, dated 11th August, 1958, setting aside the election of the appellant, Smt. Sarla Devi Pathak, to the State Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh on the ground that she was guilty of the corrupt practice of bribery as defined in Section 123(1)(b) of the Act

(2.) The particulars of the corrupt practice, as alleged in the election petition, were as follows:

(3.) In reply, the appellant in her return stated: