RP Act | Mere Failure to Disclose Assets Won't Invalidate Election Unless They're Substantial: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court of India has ruled that minor non-disclosures of assets in election affidavits, unless substantial or material, do not amount to corrupt practices under Section 123 of the Representative of People’s Act, 1951, and therefore, cannot invalidate an election under Section 100(1)(b). The judgment came in the case of AJMERA SHYAM VERSUS SMT. KOVA LAXMI & ORS, which arose out of a dispute regarding the Telangana Legislative Assembly…