Lawgist87Procedure before the High Court
(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act and of any rules made thereunder, every election petition shall be tried by the High Court, as nearly as may be, in accordance with the procedure applicable under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (5 of 1908) to the trial of suits:
Provided that the High Court shall have the discretion to refuse, for reasons to be recorded in writing, to examine any witness or witnesses if it is of the opinion that the evidence of such witness or witnesses is not material for the decision of the petition or that the party tendering such witness or witnesses is doing so on frivolous grounds or with a view to delay the proceedings.
(2) The provisions of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 (1 of 1872), shall, subject to the provisions of this Act, be deemed to apply in all respects to the trial of an election petition.]
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- 86 Trial of election petitions
- 87 Procedure before the High Court
- 93 Documentary evidence
- 94 Secrecy of voting not to be infringed
- 95 Answering of criminating questions and certificate of indemnity
- 96 Expenses of witnesses
- 97 Recrimination when seat claimed
- 98 Decision of the High Court
- 99 Other orders to be made by the High Court
- 100 Grounds for declaring election to be void
- 101 Grounds for which a candidate other than the returned candidate may be declared to have been elected
- 102 Procedure in case of an equality of votes
- 103 Communication of orders of the High Court
- 104 [Omitted.]
- 105 [Omitted.]
- 106 Transmission of order to the appropriate authority, etc., and its publication
- 107 Effect of orders of the High Court
