SATHI VIJAY KUMAR vs TOTA SINGH .

The Supreme Court addressed the maintainability of election petitions under the Representation of the People Act, 1951, specifically emphasizing the necessity of joining all necessary parties in such petitions. The Court held that failure to include a candidate whose nomination was accepted, and against whom allegations of corrupt practices were made, renders the petition fundamentally defective and thus not maintainable. Consequently, the appeals were dismissed, affirming the High Court's orders rejecting the election petitions.