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Krishnamoorthy v. Sivakumar & Ors.

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Reported as [2015] 4 S.C.R. 987
Bench Dipak Misra and Prafulla C. Pant JJ.
Decided 5 February 2015

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Tamil Nadu Panchayats Act, 1994 - s.260 - 'Undue influence' - Whether failure to disclose criminal cases pending against a candidate would come within the concept of 'undue influence' and thereby corrupt practice - Plea of candidate that he having disclosed the main crime number, his failure to mention other ancillary and connected cases, · 0 would not amount to undue influence - Held: voter has a fundamental right to know the antecedents of the candidate contesting election as it is an essential concomitant for a free and fair election - Disclosure of crin:inal antecedents, especially

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