Supreme Court of India

The Communist Party of India (m) v. Bharat Kumar and Ors.

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Reported as [1997] SUPP. 5 S.C.R. 131
Bench J.S. Verma CJI, B.N. Kirpal and V.N. Khare JJ.
Decided 12 November 1997

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Constitution of India, 1950: Articles 19 and 21. Bandh-Cal/ing and enforcing 'Bandh' by political parties-Held unconstitutional by Kera/a High Court-Appeal before Supreme Court- Held High Court was right in its conclusion that there cannot be any right to call or enforce a 'Bandh' which interferes with the exercise of fundamental freedoms of other citizens-Fundamental Rights of the people as _a whole cannot be subservient to the claim of Fundamental Right of an individual or only .a section of people-Distinction drawn by High Court between a 0 'Bandh' and a call for general strike or 'Hartal'

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