Election Petition -- Impleadment of Parties -- Only candidates specified under Section 82 of Representation of the People Act 1951 can be made respondents
Representation of the People Act, 1951, S.82 -- Election Petition -- Impleadment of Parties -- Only those persons mentioned in S.82 can be impleaded as respondents to an election petition, namely contesting candidates and any candidate against whom allegations of corrupt practice are made -- The concept of proper parties under the CPC has no application to election petitions -- S.87 of the Act applies CPC procedure only subject to the Act's own provisions, and any CPC rule contrary to S.82 cannot be invoked -- Officials or officers against whom allegations are levelled cannot be impleaded as parties -- Misjoinder of parties does not result in dismissal of the election petition; excess parties can be deleted by amendment.
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