Representation of the People Act, 1951 · Chapter III: Disqualifications for Membership of Parliament and State Legislatures
Section 9A: Disqualification for Government contracts, etc
A person shall be disqualified if, and for so long as, there subsists a contract entered into by him in the course of his trade or business with the appropriate Government for the supply of goods to, or for the execution of any works undertaken by, that Government.
Explanation.—For the purposes of this section, where a contract has been fully performed by the person by whom it has been entered into with the appropriate Government, the contract shall be deemed not to subsist by reason only of the fact that the Government has not performed its part of the contract either wholly or in part.
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Supreme Court judgments citing the section 9A
- Election Commission of India v. Bajrang Bahadur Singh & Ors.
- P.H. Paul Manoj Pandian v. Mr. P. Veldurai
- Rajeshekar Basavaraj Patil v. Subash Kallur and Ors.
- Prakash Khandre v. Dr. Vijay Kumar Khandre and Ors.
- Kartar Singh Bhadana v. Hari Singh Nalwa and Ors.
- Somnath Rath v. Bikram K. Arukh and Ors.
- Ranjit Singh v. Harmohinder Singh Pradhan
- Election Commission of India v. Dr. Subramanian Swamy and Anr.
- Moti Ram v. Param Dev and Anr.
- Sewaram v. Sobaran Singh
- Dewan Joynal Abedin v. Abdul Wazed Alias Abdul Wazad Miah and Two Others.
- Thammanna v. K. Veera Reddy & Ors.
- Jugal Kishore Patnaik v. Ratnakar Mohanty
- Banwari Dass v. Summer Chand and Ors.
- Konappa Rudrappa Nadgouda v. Vishwanath Reddy & Anr.
- Konappa Rudrappa Nadgouda v. Vishwanath Reddy & Anr.