False Declaration With Regard To Assets Of A Candidate, His/Her Spouse/Dependents, Constitutes Corrupt Practice

Case: S Rukmini Madegowda vs State Election Commission

Coram: CJI Uday Umesh Lalit, Justices Indira Banerjee, and Ajay Rastogi

Case No.: SLP(C) 7414 OF 2021

Court Observation: “Purity of election at all levels, be it election to the Union Parliament or a State Legislature or a Municipal Corporation or a Panchayat is a matter of national importance in which a uniform policy is desirable in the interest of all the States. A hypertechnical view of the omission to incorporate any specific provision in the KMC Election Rules, similar to the 1961 Rules, expressly requiring disclosure of assets, to condone dishonesty and corrupt practice would be against the spirit of the Constitution and public interest.”

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Keywords

False Declaration, Corrupt Practice