Supreme Court · 2013 INSC 444 · Decided 5 July 2013
S. Subramaniam Balaji v. The Government of Tamil Nadu & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2013 INSC 444 · [2013] 13 S.C.R. 668
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 5130/2013
- Decided
- 5 July 2013
- Bench
- P. SATHASIVAM, RANJAN GOGOI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 324, 14, 148; Representation of the People Act Section 123
Headnote
Representation of the People Act, 1951 - s. 123 - J.t Elections - Promises made by political parties in their election c manifesto - If amounts to 'corrupt practices' as per s.123 - ..._ Held: Promises in the election manifesto cannot be read into s. 123 for declaring it to be a corrupt practice - manifesto do not constitute as a corrupt practice under the prevailing law - However, reality cannot be ruled D out that distribution of freebies of any kind, undoubtedly, --f influences all people - It shakes the root of free and fair elections to a large degree - Considering that there is
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