CSE · GS-2Official PYQ · CSE 2022 · Q11Polity · Representation of People Act · 15 marks · 250 words
English
Discuss the procedures to decide the disputes arising out of the election of a Member of the Parliament or State Legislature under The Representation of the People Act, 1951. What are the grounds on which the election of any returned candidate may be declared void? What remedy is available to the aggrieved party against the decision? Refer to the case laws.
हिन्दी
लोक प्रतिनिधित्व अधिनियम, 1951 के अन्तर्गत संसद अथवा राज्य विधायिका के सदस्यों के चुनाव से उभरे विवादों के निर्णय की प्रक्रिया का विवेचन कीजिए। किन आधारों पर किसी निर्वाचित घोषित प्रत्याशी के निर्वाचन को शून्य घोषित किया जा सकता है? इस निर्णय के विरुद्ध पीड़ित पक्ष को कौन-सा उपचार उपलब्ध है? वाद विधियों का सन्दर्भ दीजिए।
Text taken verbatim from the commission's published question paper. Transcribed from UPSC’s question paper, CS(M) 2022 (English and Hindi). Source
Syllabus
Polity · Representation of People Act
Salient features of the Representation of People's Act.
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