13 (1) .... over Rs. 9,900 .... over Rs. 5,000 .... over Rs. 6,600 (vi) Expenses on the erection of rostrums for the public meetings addressed by the appellant in the constituency on February 1 and 25, 1971 .... over Rs. 1,32,000 (vii) Expenses on arrangement of loudspeakers for the various election meetings of the appellant addressed on February 1 and 25, 1971 .... over Rs. 7,000 (viii) expenses on motor transport for the conveyance of the appellant and her party to the place of her election meetings on February 1 and 25, 1971 .... over Rs. 2,000 (iv) Repairing and servicing charges of vehicles specified in para 13 (1) (v) Payments made to the workers engaged for the purpose of election propaganda The High Court held that the respondent had failed to prove the first five items. As regards the expenses for the erection of rostrums for the public meetings addressed by the appellant on February 1 and 25, 1971, the High Court found that four meetings were addressed by the appellant in the constituency on February 1 and six meetings on February 25, 1971. The cost of a rostrum in each meeting came to Rs. 1,600. The total expenses of the ten rostrums thus came to Rs. 16,000 and the same, it was held, was liable to be added to the amount shown in the return of election expenses of the appellant. The amount of Rs. 16,000 included the money paid by the District Congress Committee as its share of the cost of rostrums. Regarding the expenses of loudspeakers, the High Court found that the total expenses of Rs. 800 had been incurred on the installation of loudspeakers in the meetings addressed by the appellant on February 1 and 25, 1971. In addition to that, the High Court added Rs. 1.151 as cost of energy supplied for the functioning of the loudspeakers. The total amount which was added to the election expenses of the appellant on account of the loudspeakers thus came to Rs. 1,951. An amount of Rs. 232.50 was found by the High Court to have been incurred by the appellant for her transport on February 1 and 25, 1971. Adding the aggregate of Rs. 16,000, Rs. 1,951 and Rs. 232.50, in all Rs. 18,183.50, to the figure of Rupees 12,892.97 which had been shown by the

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