Commentaries on Corrupt Practices in Election Law by K.C. Sunny – Edition 2000

Description

Commission of corrupt practices is the most important ground for declaring an election void. This work extensively deals with all aspects of corrupt practices in elections.

The study covers all reported cases decided by the Supreme Court, High Courts and Election Tribunals up-to-date. All aspects of substantive law have been discussed under more than 200 subtitles. Procedural aspects such as filing of election petitions, pleadings, jointer of parties ‘, etc. are dealt with. The chapter dealing with the powers and functions of the Election Commission provides discussion on the role of the Election Commission in the election process.

The book provides a critical analysis of over 200 legal principles. It also contains a theoretical discussion on important topics like significance of elections in a democracy, role of law in ensuring free and fair elections, causes for corrupt practices, role of political parties, role of religion in the election process, desirability of prohibiting religious and communal political parties, election financing, government servants and politics, criminalisation of elections, etc.

The book serves as a very valuable reference as it contains synopsis of each chapter, bibliography and a detailed subject-index.