Supreme Court of India

Resurgence India v. Election Commission of India & Anr.

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Reported as [2013] 9 S.C.R. 360

Decided 13 September 2013

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What the Court ordered

For the aforesaid reasons, we are unable to accept the contention of the Union of India. 8.

Judgment, page 23

From the headnote

Constitution of India, 1950:. Art. 19(1)(a) - Freedom of speech and expression - Right to know...: Voter's right to know about the candidate contesting the election - /Explained - Held: Citizen's right to know of the candidate who represents him in Parliament/State Assembly 0 will constitute an integral part of Art.19(1)(a); and any act, which is derogative of the fundamental rights is ultra vires - Purpose of filing of affidavit along with the nomination paper is to effectuate the fundamental right of the citizen under Art.19(1)(a) - The citizens are entitled to have the necessary

Authorities it was built on

2003 People's Union for Civil Liberties (pucl) and Anr. v. Union of India and Anr. cited by 33
2002 Shaligram Shrivastava v. Naresh Singh Patel cited by 5

Where later benches applied it

2018 Public Interest Foundation & Ors. v. Union of India & Anr. relied on
2016 Sri Mairembam Prithviraj @ Pr!thviraj Singh. v. Shri Pukhrem Sharatchandra Singh relied on
2015 Krishnamoorthy v. Sivakumar & Ors. relied on
2025 Poonam v. Dule Singh & Ors. referred to
2025 Ajmera Shyam v. Smt. Kova Laxmi & Ors. referred to
2024 Karikho Kri v. Nuney Tayang and Another referred to
2022 Ravi Namboothiri v. K.A. Baiju & Ors referred to
2018 Madiraju Venkata Ramana Raju v. Peddireddigari Ramachandra Reddy & Ors. referred to

Of those, 3 relied on · 5 referred to

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