<div><div>A bed-ridden man, who couldn’t file his nominations for the 1967 elections was the reason for a change in election laws.</div><div> </div><div>Till then, a candidate had to take an oath in front of the returning officer while filing nomination.</div><div> </div><div>Usually, a returning officer used to visit hospital to finish the procedure. In this case, the official was told very late and could not reach on time.</div><div> </div><div>It was after this incident that it became a law that a hospitalised candidate can take the oath before a medical superintendent.</div></div>
<div><div>A bed-ridden man, who couldn’t file his nominations for the 1967 elections was the reason for a change in election laws.</div><div> </div><div>Till then, a candidate had to take an oath in front of the returning officer while filing nomination.</div><div> </div><div>Usually, a returning officer used to visit hospital to finish the procedure. In this case, the official was told very late and could not reach on time.</div><div> </div><div>It was after this incident that it became a law that a hospitalised candidate can take the oath before a medical superintendent.</div></div>
