1. Heading of the Judgment

Case Name: Tankadhar Tripathy vs Dipali Das
Citation: 2025 INSC 1017
Court: Supreme Court of India
Judges: Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi
Date of Judgment: August 22, 2025

2. Related Laws and Sections

The judgment primarily interprets and deals with the following legal provisions:

• The Representation of the People Act, 1951 (RP Act):
  Section 83: Mandates the contents of an Election Petition. Specifically, the proviso to Section 83(1)(c) requires that an affidavit must be filed in the prescribed Form 25 whenever an election petition contains allegations of "corrupt practices."
  Section 86: Specifies the grounds on which an Election Petition can be dismissed at the threshold.

• The Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (CPC):
  Order VII Rule 11: Provides grounds for the rejection of a plaint (which includes an election petition).
  Order VI Rule 16: Allows the court to strike out unnecessary, scandalous, or vexatious parts of a pleading.

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