Supreme Court Dismisses As Withdrawn Plea To Ban Political Parties With Religious Names & Symbols; Gives Liberty To Move HC
1 year, 7 months ago

Supreme Court Dismisses As Withdrawn Plea To Ban Political Parties With Religious Names & Symbols; Gives Liberty To Move HC

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The Supreme Court of India on Monday allowed the withdrawal of a petition seeking the ban of political parties which use names and symbols with religious connotations. Today, before the counsel for the petitioner was allowed to withdraw the petition, senior advocate and former attorney-general KK Venugopal, appearing for All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen, informed that a copy of a similar petition filed before the Delhi High Court has been placed before the apex court bench. The commission, in its counter-affidavit, told the Supreme Court that there was no express statutory provision under the Representation of Peoples Act, 1951 which barred the registration of political parties with names having religious connotations. He said that the petition listed several other parties which have religious names.The petitioner had impleaded Indian Union Muslim League and All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen.

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2 years ago

No Power To Bar Registration Of Political Parties With Religious Names : Election Commission Tells Supreme Court

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2 years, 3 months ago

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India Today  

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