Affidavit of Service

Summary

This three-page English court filing is an Affidavit of Service in Swatantra Party & An. v. Union of India & Ors., Writ Petition No. 14 of 1995, before the High Court of Judicature at Bombay in its Ordinary Original Civil Jurisdiction. The affidavit records the petitioners’ request that the Sheriff of Bombay serve Rule NISI and the petition on the respondents.

Key points

• The document is headed “Affidavit of Service” and forms part of Writ Petition No. 14 of 1995.
• Swatantra Party & An. is identified as the petitioner, and Union of India & Ors. as the respondents.
• The requested service included Rule NISI and the petition.
• The Union of India, Chief Election Commissioner, and Secretary of the Election Commission of India are listed as service addresses.
• The affidavit states that respondents 2 and 3 received Rule NISI and the petition on 18 February 1995.
• It states that respondent 1 was served with Rule NISI in 1995, with the precise date left blank.
• Acknowledgements of service from respondents 2 and 3 are said to be annexed as Exhibits A and B.
• The affirmants conclude that service was duly effected on respondents 1 to 3.