Supreme Court · 1995 INSC 42 · Decided 17 January 1995
Ram Deo Bhandari and ORS. ETC. ETC. v. Election Commission of India and ORS. ETC. ETC.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1995 INSC 42 · [1995] 1 S.C.R. 321
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 2/1995
- Decided
- 17 January 1995
- Bench
- A.M. AHMADI, K. JAYACHANDRA REDDY, S.P. BHARUCHA (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 168, 32
Headnote
BHANDARI AND ORS. ETC. ETC. A v. ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA AND ORS. ETC. ETC. JANUARY 17, 1995 [AM. AHMADI, CJ, S.P. BHARUCHA AND B K. JAYACHANDRA REDDY, JJ.) Constitution of lndi<~Article 3~ower" of Election Commission to withhold elections for failure to issue identity cards-Elections State of Orissa had supplied photo identity cards to 86% of voters-Election Commission not t~ enforce its instruction~lec- ti on. The five year term of the Legislative Assemblies of two States, D namely, the State of Bihar and Orissa were to expire on March 15, 1995. To satisfy the
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