Supreme Court of India

Pravasi Bhalai Sangathan v. Union of India & Ors.

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Reported as [2014] 4 S.C.R. 446

Bench Dr. B.S. Chauhan, M.Y. Eqbal and A.K. Sikri JJ.

Decided 12 March 2014

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above, the law can be summarised to PRAVASI BHALAI SANGATHAN v.

Judgment, page 27

From the headnote

CONSTITUTION OF IND/ , 1950: Articles 14, 15, 19, 21 read with Article 38; Article 51- (a), (b), (c), (e), (f), (i), (j) - Hate speeches delivered by elected representatives, political and religious leaders mainly based on religion, caste, region or ethnicity - Writ petition seeking 0 stringent pre-emptory action on the part of Central and State Governments on the ground that the hate speeches militate against the Constitutional idea of fraternity and violates Articles 14, 15, 19, 21 read with Article 38 and are in derogation of the fundamental duties under Article 51- (a), (b), (c), (e),

Authorities it was built on

1990 State of Haryana and Ors v. Ch. Bhajan Lal and Ors. cited by 115
1997 Vishaka and Ors. v. State of Rajasthan and Ors. cited by 70
1993 Supreme Court Advocates-on-record Association and Anr. v. Union of India cited by 37
1983 Bandhua Mukti Morcha v. Union of India & Others cited by 23
2007 Divisional Manager, Aravali Golf Club & Anr. v. Chander Hass & Anr. cited by 11
1988 Ramesh S/o Chotalal Dalal v. Union of India & Ors. cited by 8
1995 Nano Kishore v. State of Punjab cited by 4
2008 State of U.P. & Anr. v. U.P. Rajya Khanij Vikas Nigam S.S. & Ors. cited by 3
2008 Common Cause (a Regd. Society) v. Union of India & Ors. cited by 3
2012 Akhilesh Yadav Etc. Etc. v. Vishwanath Chaturvedi & Ors. cited by 1

Where later benches applied it

2015 State of Uttar Pradesh and Others v. Anil Kumar Sharma and Another, relied on
2023 Kaushal Kishor v. State of Uttar Pradesh & Ors. referred to
2021 Brajesh Singh v. Sunil Arora & Ors. referred to
2021 Patricia Mukhim v. State of Meghalaya & Ors. referred to
2020 Amish Devgan v. Union of India and Others referred to
2019 Abdul Kuddus v. Union of India and Others referred to
2018 Tehseen S. Poonawalla v. Union of India and Others referred to
2017 State of Gujarat and Another v. The L.R.C.G. and Others referred to
2015 Union of India v. V. Sriharan @ Murugan & Ors. mentioned

Of those, 1 relied on · 7 referred to · 1 mentioned

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