Supreme Court · 2015 INSC 960 · Decided 5 February 2015
Krishnamoorthy v. Sivakumar & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2015 INSC 960 · [2015] 4 S.C.R. 987
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1478/2015
- Decided
- 5 February 2015
- Bench
- DIPAK MISRA, PRAFULLA C. PANT (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution
Headnote
A B Tamil Nadu Panchayats Act, 1994 - s.260 - 'Undue influence' - Whether failure to disclose criminal cases C 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 · 0 would not amount to undue influence - Held: A 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 pertaining to heinous E crimes or
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