Supreme Court of India

Common Cause-a Registered Society v. Union of India & Ors.

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Reported as [1996] 3 S.C.R. 1208
Bench Kuldip Singh J.
Decided 4 April 1996

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What the Court ordered

Before parting with the point under discussion we make it clear that any expenditure incurred or authorised by a political party in respect of general propaganda or for the propagation of its election manifesto shall F not be considered an expenditure to be incurred in connection with the election of the candidate/candidates belonging to the said party.

Judgment, page 19

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 3 referred to

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