Supreme Court of India

Election Commission of India v. St. Marys School and Ors.

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Reported as [2007] 12 S.C.R. 971
Bench S.B. Sinha and Harjit Singh Bedi JJ.
Decided 6 December 2007

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Constitution of India, 1950: Articles 324(1), (6) and 327- Election Commission utilizing services of teachers of Government Schools for holding elections, revision of polling lists etc. during school c timings-Challenge to, on the ground that absence of teachers from school resulted in unfinished course, poor result, high drop out rate and failure to compete in open examination and consequently defeat right to education-Held: Holding of elections is imperative for -' upholding democracy and democratic values-But for said purpose, \ education of children cannot be neglected-Necessity to

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