Supreme Court of India

Manoj Narula v. Union of India

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Reported as [2014] 9 S.C.R. 965

Decided 27 August 2014

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What the Court ordered

Before parting with the case, we must express our unreserved and uninhibited appreciation for the assistance rendered by Mr.

Judgment, page 68

From the headnote

Constitution of India, 1950 - Arts. 75 and 164 - Scope and purpose of -Legality of person with criminal background and/or charged with offences involving moral turpitude being appointed as Ministers in Central and State Governments - Scope for framing of possible guidelines for appointment of Ministers for the UOI as well as for the State - Legal position discussed - Representation of the People Act, 1951 - Chapter Ill -Criminalisation of politics. Doctrines/Principles - Doctrine of implied limitation - Discussed. Doctrines/Principles - Principle of Constitutional silence/ abeyance -

Authorities it was built on

1973 His Holiness Kesavananda Bharati Sripadagalavaru v. State of Kerala cited by 118
1997 Vishaka and Ors. v. State of Rajasthan and Ors. cited by 70
1977 Mohinder Singh Gill & Anr. v. The Chief Election Commissioner, New Delhi & Ors. cited by 59
2006 M. Nagaraj and Ors. v. Union of India and Ors cited by 51
1996 D.K. Basu v. State of West Bengal cited by 41
1993 Supreme Court Advocates-on-record Association and Anr. v. Union of India cited by 37
2002 Union of India v. Association for Democratic Reforms and Anr. cited by 34
1950 Romesh Thappar v. The State of Madras cited by 33
2007 I. R. Coelho (dead) by Lrs. v. State of Tamil Nadu cited by 32
2006 Kuldip Nayar v. Union of India and Ors. cited by 30
1980 Minerva Mills Ltd. & Ors v. Union of India & Ors. cited by 27
1974 Shamsher Singh & Anr v. State of Punjab cited by 26
2005 Ranjitsing Brahmajeetsing Sharma v. State of Maharashtra and Anr. cited by 20
2011 Centre for Pil & Anr. v. Union of India & Anr. cited by 15
2011 State of U.P. v. Naresh and Ors. cited by 13
2001 B.R. Kapur v. State of Tamil Nadu and Anr. cited by 13
2006 Inderpreet Singh Kahlon and Ors. v. Sta Te of Punjab and Ors. cited by 11
2013 People's Union for Civil Liberties & Anr. v. Union of India & Anr. cited by 9
2013 Niranjan Hemchandra Sashittal and Another v. State of Maharashtra cited by 9
2011 S. Ganesan v. Rama Raghuraman &.ors cited by 9
2010 Bhanumati Etc. Etc. v. State of Uttar Pradesh through its Principal Secretary and Others cited by 8
2005 K. Prabhakaran v. P. Jayarajan cited by 8
2004 Narendra Singh and Anr. v. State of M.P. cited by 7
1972 S. Narayanaswami v. G. Pannerselvam & Ors. cited by 6
1997 Anukul Chandra Pradhan v. Union of India and Ors. cited by 6
2009 N. Kannadasan v. Ajoy Khose and Others cited by 6
1997 Shri Dinesh Trivedi, M.P. and Ors. v. Union of India and Ors. cited by 6
2004 Madhya Pradesh Special Police Establishment v. State of Madhya Pradesh and Ors. cited by 5
2003 The State of Maharashtra and Anr. v. The Jalgaon Municipal Council and Ors. cited by 5
2006 Shrikant v. Vasantrao and Ors. cited by 4
2001 Patangrao Kadam v. Prithviraj Sayajirao Yadav Deshmukh and Ors. cited by 4
2007 U.P. Power Corporation Ltd. & Anr. v. Sant Steels & Alloys (p) Ltd. & Ors. cited by 3
2005 Center for Public Interest Litigation and Anr. v. Union of India and Anr. cited by 3
1986 Laxmi Kant Pandey v. Union of India cited by 1
2009 A. Abdul Farook v. Municipal Council, Perambalur & Ors. cited by 1

Where later benches applied it

2024 State of Himachal Pradesh and Others v. Yogendera Mohan Sengupta and Another relied on
2020 Nisha Priya Bhatia v. Union of India & Anr. relied on
2018 Public Interest Foundation & Ors. v. Union of India & Anr. relied on
2018 Shailesh Manubhai Parmar v. Election Commission of India through the Chief Election Commissioner & Ors. relied on
2016 Nabam Rebia, and Bamang Felix v. Deputy Speaker and Others relied on
2017 Union of India and Another v. Raj Kumar Jha and Others followed
2025 Devinder Kumar Bansal v. The State of Punjab referred to
2023 Anoop Baranwal v. Union of India referred to
2023 Central Board of Dawoodi Bohra Community & Anr. v. The State of Maharashtra &anr. referred to
2023 Kaushal Kishor v. State of Uttar Pradesh & Ors. referred to
2021 Brajesh Singh v. Sunil Arora & Ors. referred to
2021 Parmar Samantsinh Umedsinh and Others v. State of Gujarat & Ors. referred to
2021 Rajeev Suri v. Delhi Development Authority & Ors referred to
2019 Dr. Ashwani Kumar v. Union of India and Another referred to
2018 Justice K. S. Puttaswamy (retd.) v. Union of India & Ors. referred to
2018 Navtej Singh Johar & Ors. v. Union of India Thr. Secretary Ministry of Law and Justice referred to
2018 Government of Nct of Delhi v. Union of India & Another referred to
2017 Justice K S Puttaswamy (retd.), and Anr. v. Union of India and Ors. referred to
2017 Shayara Bano v. Union of India and Others referred to
2017 Neera Yadav v. Central Bureau of Investigaton referred to
2017 Kalpana Mehta and Others v. Union of India and Others referred to
2017 State of Himachal Pradesh and Others v. Satpal Saini referred to
2016 Mahipal Singh Rana, Advocate v. State of Uttar Pradesh referred to
2016 Subramanian Swamy v. Union of India, Ministry of Law & Ors. referred to
2015 Yogendra Kumar Jaiswal Etc. v. State of Bihar & Ors. referred to
2018 Lourembam Deben Singh & Ors. v. Union of India & Ors. Etc. distinguished

Of those, 5 relied on · 1 followed · 1 distinguished · 19 referred to

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