Supreme Court · 1995 INSC 868 · Decided 11 December 1995
DR. Ramesh Yeshwant Praboo v. Shri Prabhaker Kashinath Kunte and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1995 INSC 868 · [1995] SUPP. 6 S.C.R. 371
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 2836/1989
- Decided
- 11 December 1995
- Bench
- J.S. VERMA, N.P. SINGH, K. VENKATASWAMI (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 19(1)(a); Representation of the People Act Section 116A, 100(1)(b), 123(3)
Headnote
YESHWANT PRABOO A v. SHRI PRABHAKER KASHINATH KUNTE AND ORS. DECEMBER 11, 1995 [J.S. VERMA, N.P. SINGH AND K. VENKATASWAMI, JJ.) B Election Laws : Representation of the people Act, 1951-Sections 116A, 100(1)(b), 123(3) & (3A),-Petition for setting aside the election on account of corrnpt C people-Not to be confined to describing people practicing Hindu religion. Corrnpt practice-All references to 'Hindutva' or 'Hinduisim; in speeches need not be corrnpt practice-Speech to preserve own language, religion, culture etc. not forbidden by the Act:-The type of reference and meaning sought
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