SHIPRA vs SHANTI LAL KHOIWAL

The Supreme Court held that an election petition must be supported by a duly sworn affidavit as per the prescribed format, and failure to provide a true copy of such an affidavit misleads in a material particular. The Court affirmed the High Court's decision that the absence of a properly sworn affidavit rendered the election petition invalid. Consequently, the appeal was dismissed, upholding the lower court's ruling regarding the election petition's fatal flaw.