Supreme Court · 1973 INSC 208 · Decided 14 November 1973
Ramashankar Kaushik and Another v. Election Commission of India and Another
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1973 INSC 208 · [1974] 2 S.C.R. 265
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 630/1973
- Decided
- 14 November 1973
- Bench
- P. JAGANMOHAN REDDY, S.N. DWIVEDI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 324
Headnote
265 Election Symbols (Resen·ation and Allotmem) Order 1968 p<Uas 15, 16 •nd IS-Scope oj. ' ' The PSP nnd SSP were national parties with the election symbols 'H ut' and 1'ree', mpccttvel~. In May, 197 1 there .w~ a. merger of the two parti~ and lhe 'Uwted Party was known a.s the .. ~ informed t~bout the merge~. ~md the Chte( Election Commissioner, in Nov­ ember, 1971, held th~t the Soetah.st Party w:u a National Party for the purposes of the Election 1>'ymbols (Reservation and Allotment) Order, 1968 and that the symbol 'Tree' s~ould be exc)usivdy r!'Scrwd
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