Grounds for declaring election to be void.1
Subject to the provisions of sub-section 2 if 2the High Court is of opinion a that on the date of his election a returned candidate was not qualified, or was disqualified, to be chosen to fill the seat under the Constitution or this Act 3 4or the Government of Union Territories Act, 1963 20 of 1963 or b that any corrupt practice has been committed by a returned candidate or his election agent or by any other person with the consent of a returned candidate or his election agent or c that any nomination has been improperly rejected or d that the result of the election, in so far as it concerns a returned candidate, has been materially affected i by the improper acceptance or any nomination, or ii by any corrupt practice committed in the interests of the returned candidate 5by an agent other than his election agent, or iii by the improper reception, refusal or rejection of any vote or the reception of any vote which is void, or iv by any non-compliance with the provisions of the Constitution or of this Act or of any rules or orders made under this Act, 2the High Court shall declare the election of the returned candidate to be void. 6 2 If in the opinion of 2the High Court, a returned candidate has been guilty by an agent other than his election agent, of any corrupt practice 7 but 2the High Court is satisfied a that no such corrupt practice was committed at the election by the candidate or his election agent, and every such corrupt practice was committed contrary to the orders, and 8without the consent, of the candidate or his election agent 9 c that the candidate and his election agent took all reasonable means for preventing the commission of corrupt 10 practices at the election and d that in all other respects the election was free from any corrupt 11 practice on the part of the candidate or any of his agents, then 12the High Court may decide that the election of the returned candidate is not void.
a that on the date of his election a returned candidate was not qualified, or was disqualified, to be chosen to fill the seat under the Constitution or this Act 3 4or the Government of Union Territories Act, 1963 20 of 1963 or
b that any corrupt practice has been committed by a returned candidate or his election agent or by any other person with the consent of a returned candidate or his election agent or
c that any nomination has been improperly rejected or
d that the result of the election, in so far as it concerns a returned candidate, has been materially affected i by the improper acceptance or any nomination, or ii by any corrupt practice committed in the interests of the returned candidate 5by an agent other than his election agent, or iii by the improper reception, refusal or rejection of any vote or the reception of any vote which is void, or iv by any non-compliance with the provisions of the Constitution or of this Act or of any rules or orders made under this Act, 2the High Court shall declare the election of the returned candidate to be void. 6 2 If in the opinion of 2the High Court, a returned candidate has been guilty by an agent other than his election agent, of any corrupt practice 7 but 2the High Court is satisfied a that no such corrupt practice was committed at the election by the candidate or his election agent, and every such corrupt practice was committed contrary to the orders, and 8without the consent, of the candidate or his election agent 9 c that the candidate and his election agent took all reasonable means for preventing the commission of corrupt 10 practices at the election and d that in all other respects the election was free from any corrupt 11 practice on the part of the candidate or any of his agents, then 12the High Court may decide that the election of the returned candidate is not void.
by the improper acceptance or any nomination, or
by any corrupt practice committed in the interests of the returned candidate 5by an agent other than his election agent, or
by the improper reception, refusal or rejection of any vote or the reception of any vote which is void, or
by any non-compliance with the provisions of the Constitution or of this Act or of any rules or orders made under this Act, 2the High Court shall declare the election of the returned candidate to be void. 6 2 If in the opinion of 2the High Court, a returned candidate has been guilty by an agent other than his election agent, of any corrupt practice 7 but 2the High Court is satisfied a that no such corrupt practice was committed at the election by the candidate or his election agent, and every such corrupt practice was committed contrary to the orders, and 8without the consent, of the candidate or his election agent 9 c that the candidate and his election agent took all reasonable means for preventing the commission of corrupt 10 practices at the election and d that in all other respects the election was free from any corrupt 11 practice on the part of the candidate or any of his agents, then 12the High Court may decide that the election of the returned candidate is not void.
a that no such corrupt practice was committed at the election by the candidate or his election agent, and every such corrupt practice was committed contrary to the orders, and 8without the consent, of the candidate or his election agent 9
c that the candidate and his election agent took all reasonable means for preventing the commission of corrupt 10 practices at the election and
d that in all other respects the election was free from any corrupt 11 practice on the part of the candidate or any of his agents, then 12the High Court may decide that the election of the returned candidate is not void.