Supreme Court · 2014 INSC 568 · Decided 27 August 2014
Manoj Narula v. Union of India
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2014 INSC 568 · [2014] 9 S.C.R. 965
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 289/2005
- Decided
- 27 August 2014
- Bench
- RAJENDRA MAL LODHA, DIPAK MISRA, MADAN B. LOKUR, KURIAN JOSEPH, S.A. BOBDE (5-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 75, 164, 75(1), 164(1); Representation of the People Act
Headnote
A B Constitution of India, 1950 - Arts. 75 and 164 - Scope and purpose of -Legality of person with criminal background C and/or charged with offences involving moral turpitude being appointed as Ministers in Central and State Governments - Scope for framing of possible guidelines for the UOI as well as for the State - Legal position discussed - Representation of the People Act, 1951 - D Chapter Ill -Criminalisation of politics. Doctrines/Principles - Doctrine of implied limitation - Discussed. Doctrines/Principles - Principle of Constitutional silence/ E abeyance -
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