Judgment

VERMA, J. - These appeals u/S. 116A of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 (hereinafter referred to as "the R. P. Act") are against the judgment dated 30th March, 1993 in Election Petition No. 2 of 1991 (E. V. alias Balasaheb Vikhe Patil v. Gadakh Yashwantrao Kankarrao and others) passed by A. A. Halbe, J. of the Bombay High Court at the Aurangabad Bench. By the impugned judgment, the election of Gadakh Yashwantrao Kankarrao as a member of the Lok Sabha from 39 Ahmednagar Parliamentary Constituency held in June 1991 has been set aside for commission of the corrupt practice under S. 123(4) of the R. P. Act; and E. V. alias Balasaheb Vikhe Patil has been declared elected. Civil Appeal No.2115 of 1993 is by Gadakh Yashwantrao Kankarrao (Gadakh) against declaration of his election to be void and the further declaration of E. V. alias Balasaheb Vikhe Patil (Vikhe Patil) to have been duly elected. Civil Appeal No. 2116 of 1993 is by Deshmukh Bhagwan Rangnath (respondent No. 5 in the Election Petition) against declaration of Vikhe Patil to have been duly elected. Similarly Civil Appeal No.2444 of 1993 is by Najan Rambhau Maruti (respondent No. 6 in the Election Petition) ag