Supreme Court of India
Brajesh Singh v. Sunil Arora & Ors.
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What the Court ordered
We are of the view that Respondent No. 12 is in contempt of our Order dated 13.02.2020 for failing to follow the directions of this Court in letter and spirit.
Judgment, page 59
From the headnote
Contempt of Court: Contempt petition – Issue as reg ards publication of criminal antecedents of the contesti ng candidates – Contempt petition alleging violation of order date d 13.02.2020 passed in **Rambabu Singh Thakur’s case – Allegation that there has been wilful disobedience of Court’s order by vario us political parties during the Bihar Assembly Elections-2020, a s regards publication and declaration of criminal antecedents by various political parties of their candidates – Prior thereto, dire ctions have been issued by the Constitution Bench of this Court in *Public Interest
Authorities it was built on
- 1973 His Holiness Kesavananda Bharati Sripadagalavaru v. State of Kerala
- 2002 Union of India v. Association for Democratic Reforms and Anr.
- 2003 People's Union for Civil Liberties (pucl) and Anr. v. Union of India and Anr.
- 2014 Manoj Narula v. Union of India
- 2002 Indian National Congress (i) v. Institute of Social Welfare and Ors.
- 2014 Pravasi Bhalai Sangathan v. Union of India & Ors.
- 2018 Public Interest Foundation & Ors. v. Union of India & Anr.
- 2013 Lily Thomas v. Union of India & Ors.
- 2019 Satish Ukey v. Devendra Gangadharrao Fadnavis and Anr.
- 2020 Rambabu Singh Thakur v. Sunil Arora & Ors.
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