Cognizable activities

Section 103(a) of the Representation of the People Act, 1976, instructed the Election Commission to ensure a "fair election", which implied that large scale malpractices including coercion, intimidation and pressures, prevailing at the election would negate the 'fairness' elections were to embody

Sections 78, 79, 80, 80-A, 81 and 83 of the Representation of the People Act, 1976, specified activities that the Election Commission could regulate and check under Art.218(3), but section 103(a) of the Representation of the People Act, 1976 substantially enhanced said defined spectrum of cognizable activities and reinforced the obligation to check them

Section 103(c) of the Act, empowered the Election Commission to issue instructions, exercise its powers and make orders to effectuate the said standard.