N. Chaudhury, J.

This is an application under Order 6, Rule 16 read with section 151 of the Code of Civil Procedure praying for striking out of pleadings in Election Petition No. 1/2015. The aforesaid election petition has been presented by an elector of Zhadima village in the district 111'Kohima challenging the election of the returned candidate who is the sole respondent on the ground of bribery. In paragraph 7 and 11 of the election petition two individual and distinct incidents have been mentioned by the election petitioner as grounds for setting aside the election of the returned candidate. The aforesaid two paragraphs relate to bribery. The whole election petition, therefore, is to be viewed from the stand point as to whether the paragraphs of the election petition are in conformity with such prayer made by the election petitioner and as to whether any unnecessary, frivolous and vexatious statements have been made which may amount to abuse of the process of the court.

2. The applicant herein being the returned candidate has agitated that the averments made by the election petitioner are full of unnecessary, scandalous and vexatious statements which only emba