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People's Union for Civil Liberties (pucl) and Anr. v. Union of India and Anr.

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Reported as [2003] 2 S.C.R. 1136
Decided 13 March 2003

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Judgment, page 55

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Election Laws: Representation of the People Act, 1951: Section 33B-Prohibition regarding disclosure or furnishing of information in respect of candidate's election, which is not required to be disclosed or furnished under the Act or the rules made, despite directions issued by Supreme Court-Constitutional validity of-Held: right of voter to know antecedents of contesting candidate is a fundamental right under Article 19(J)(a)-Such right could be abridged by passing legislation under Article 19(2)-lmpugned provision not justified or saved under Article 19(2)-Hence illegal, null and

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Of those, 9 relied on · 23 referred to · 1 mentioned

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