The Kerala High Court today held as void the election of Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI-M) Legislator M J Jacob from Piravom constituency in the April 2006 Assembly polls.Mr Justice Thottathil B Radhakrishnan ruled that Mr M J Jacob had personally attacked veteran leader T M Jacob in the polls, which amounted to character assassination. Hence, the court held the election of Mr M J Jacob as void under the Representation of the People's Act.Mr T M Jacob, who heads the Kerala Congress (Jacob), had contested the polls as a Democratic Indira Congress-Karunakaran (DIC-K) candidate. Earlier, he had allied his party with the DIC-K. But after the defeat, he had snapped ties with the DIC-K and returned to the UDF. UNI
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5/7/2008
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- Kamal Kumar Pandey (Adv. Supreme Court of India)
- Lawyer Practising at Supreme Court of India. Court Experience: Criminal, Civil & PIL (related to Property, Tax, Custom & Duties, MVAC, insurance, I.P.R., Copyrights & Trademarks, Partnerships, Labour Disputes, etc.) Socio-Legal: Child Rights, Mid Day Meal Programme, Sarva Shiksha Abhiyaan, Women Rights, Against Female Foeticide, P.R.Is, Bonded Labour, Child labour, Child marriage, Domestic violence, Legal Literacy, HIV/AIDS, etc. Worked for Legal Aid/Advise/Awareness/Training/Empowerment/Interventions/Training & Sensitisation.
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