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PETITIONER:

AZHAR HUSSAIN

Vs.

RESPONDENT:

RAJIV GANDHI

DATE OF JUDGMENT25/04/1986

BENCH:

THAKKAR, M.P. (J)

BENCH:

THAKKAR, M.P. (J)

VENKATARAMIAH, E.S. (J)

CITATION:

1986 AIR 1253 1986 SCR (2) 782

1986 SCC Supl. 315 1986 SCALE (1)573

CITATOR INFO :

R 1987 SC1577 (4,10,28)

R 1987 SC1926 (4)

F 1990 SC 924 (29)

R 1990 SC1731 (9,10)

ACT:

Representation of the People Act, 1951 :

Section 80 to 83, 86 & 87 - Election Petition -

Mandatory requirement to furnish material facts and

particulars - Non compliance - Summary dismissal of election

petition - What are material particulars to be incorporated

in an Election Petition.

Civil Procedure Code, 1908 - Order 6 Rule 16 and Order

7 Rule 11(a) - Election Petition - Applicability of.

HEADNOTE:

The respondent having secured the highest votes in the

1984 general elections was declared elected as a Member of

the Lok Sabha from the Amethi Constituency of Uttar Pradesh.

On the last date for challenging the election, the

appellant, an elector from that constituenc