(1) An election petition––
(a) shall contain concise statement of the material facts on which the petitioner relies ;
(b) shall set forth full particulars of any corrupt practice that the petitioner alleges, including as full a statement as possible of the names of the parties alleged to have committed such corrupt practices and the date and place of the commission of each such practice ; and
(c) shall be signed by the petitioner and verified in the manner laid down in 1[the Code of Civil Procedure 1908 (5 of 1908)] for the verification of pleading :
Provided that where the petitioner alleges any corrupt practice, the petition shall also be accompanied by an affidavit in the prescribed form in support of the allegation of such corrupt practice and the particulars thereof.
(2) Any schedule or annexure to the petition shall also be signed by the petitioner, and verified in the same manner as the petition.
(a) shall contain concise statement of the material facts on which the petitioner relies ;
(b) shall set forth full particulars of any corrupt practice that the petitioner alleges, including as full a statement as possible of the names of the parties alleged to have committed such corrupt practices and the date and place of the commission of each such practice ; and
(c) shall be signed by the petitioner and verified in the manner laid down in 1[the Code of Civil Procedure 1908 (5 of 1908)] for the verification of pleading :
Provided that where the petitioner alleges any corrupt practice, the petition shall also be accompanied by an affidavit in the prescribed form in support of the allegation of such corrupt practice and the particulars thereof.
(2) Any schedule or annexure to the petition shall also be signed by the petitioner, and verified in the same manner as the petition.
Source footnotes
1. Substituted for “the Code of Civil Procedure, Samvat 1977” by S.O. 3466 of 2020.आगे पढ़ें / Continue reading
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