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Chandrikaben Kishor Dafda v. State of Gujarat (2026): a candidate must disclose a spouse's solely-owned property in the election affidavit

The Supreme Court held that the disclosure form's phrase 'assets of myself, my spouse and dependents' obliges a candidate to declare property held solely by the spouse — the comma after 'myself' is a listing comma, not one of exclusion. It also held that the Representation of the People Act, 1951 does not govern municipal elections, but that the Magistrate's mislabelled cognizance under s.125A is a curable defect under Section 465 CrPC. Remanded, with no opinion on the merits.