Supreme Court of India

People's Union for Civil Liberties & Anr. v. Union of India & Anr.

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Reported as [2013] 12 S.C.R. 283

Bench P. Sathasivam, Ranjana Prakash Desai and Ranjan Gogoi JJ.

Decided 27 September 2013

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CONSTITUTION OF IND/ , 1950: c Art. 19(1)(a) - Freedom of speech and expression - Decision taken by a voter after verifying the credentials of the candidate, either to vote or not is a form of expression under Art.19(1)(a) -- Fundamental right under Art.19(1)(a) read with statutory right uls. 79(d) of the RP Act is violated unreasonably 0 if right not to vote effectively is denied and secrecy is breached - Representation of the People Act, 1951 - s. 79(d). Art. 32 rlw Arts. 19(1)(a) and 14- Writ petition challenging rr.41(2), (3) and 49-0 of Conduct of Election Rules - Held: Is maintainable

Authorities it was built on

1977 Mohinder Singh Gill & Anr. v. The Chief Election Commissioner, New Delhi & Ors. cited by 59
1991 Kihoto Hollohan v. Zachillhu and Others cited by 59
2002 Union of India v. Association for Democratic Reforms and Anr. cited by 34
2003 People's Union for Civil Liberties (pucl) and Anr. v. Union of India and Anr. cited by 33
2006 Kuldip Nayar v. Union of India and Ors. cited by 30
1961 Daryao and Others v. The State of U. P. and Others cited by 10
1954 Jumuna Prasad Mukhariya and Others v. Lachhi Ram and Others. cited by 8
1959 Kavalappara Kottarathil Kochunni Moopil Nayar v. The State of Madras and Others cited by 4
1993 Ms. Lily Thomas, Advocate v. Speaker, Lok Sabha and Others cited by 3

Where later benches applied it

2023 Anoop Baranwal v. Union of India relied on
2021 Lakshman Singh v. State of Bihar (now Jharkhand) relied on
2018 Public Interest Foundation & Ors. v. Union of India & Anr. relied on
2015 Krishnamoorthy v. Sivakumar & Ors. relied on
2024 IN RE : SECTION 6A OF THE CITIZENSHIP ACT 1955 versus referred to
2024 Association for Democratic Reforms & Anr. v. Union of India & Ors. referred to
2018 Shailesh Manubhai Parmar v. Election Commission of India through the Chief Election Commissioner & Ors. referred to
2014 Manoj Narula v. Union of India referred to
2018 Karnataka Live Band Restaurants Association v. State of Karnataka & Ors. distinguished

Of those, 4 relied on · 1 distinguished · 4 referred to

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