Content Provider | Supreme Court of India |
---|---|
e-ISSN | 30484839 |
Language | English |
Access Restriction | NDLI |
Subject Keyword | Representation of the People Act 1951 |
Content Type | Text |
Resource Type | Law Judgement |
Jurisdiction | India |
Case(s) Referred | Referred Case 0 Referred Case 1 Referred Case 2 Referred Case 3 Referred Case 4 Referred Case 5 Referred Case 6 |
Case Type | Writ Petition |
Court | Supreme Court of India |
Disposal Nature | Petition Disposed Off |
Headnote | Election Laws:Representation of the People Act, 1951:Section 33B-Prohibition regarding disclosure or furnishing ofinformation in respect of candidate's election, which is not required to bedisclosed or furnished under the Act or the rules made, despite directionsissued by Supreme Court-Constitutional validity of-Held: right of voter toknow antecedents of contesting candidate is a fundamental right under Article19(J)(a)-Such right could be abridged by passing legislation under Article19(2)-lmpugned provision not justified or saved under Article 19(2)-Henceillegal, null and void-Constitution of India, 1950-Articles 245 and 19(J)(a).Issuance of directions to Election Commission with regard to furnishingof information by contesting candidates in Association for democraticreform's case by Supreme Court-Election Commission directing wrongfulinformation would lead to rejection of nomination paper-Justification of-Held: Such direction not justified- Commission directed to revise instructions.Constitution of India, 1950:Article 245-Legislature-Powers-Scope of-Held: Legislature canremove the defect which is the cause for invalidating law by the Court byappropriate legislation subject to legislative competence-However, it cannotask instrumentalities of State to disobey decisions given by Court.Article 19(/)(a):Freedom of speech and expression-Right to know antecedents ofcandidates-Held: ls facet of Article /9(J)(a)-Such information to voter isnecessary for free and fair election in turn for survival of democracy-Furthersuch right is independent of statutory right under election law-Merely becauseright to vote and contest for election is a statutory right, such fundamentalright cannot be abridged by statutory provisions.Right of voter to know antecedents of candidates-Nature of-Held: Isnot a derivative fundamental right, as there is no such concept but afundamental right-Hence legislature cannot nullifY it.Article 21--Right of privacy-Infringement of-Declaration aboutcriminal antecedents of candidates an{i his assets and liabilities-Held: Suchdeclaration does not infringe his right to privacy.Articles 145(3) and 19(/)(a)-Matter involving substantial question oflaw as to interpretation of constitutional provisions- Reference to five JudgeBench-When called for-Discussed-Held: On facts, in earlier decisionSupreme Court holding right of voter to know. antecedents of candidate as hisfundamental right under Article 19(/)(a)-Decision attaining finality-Thus,no question requiring interpretation of constitutional provisions-Hence noneed to refer the matter to five Judge Bench in subsequent case-Also inearlier case no plea raised that question be referred to f!Ve Judge Bench.Article 32-Challenge of vires of the Act-Notice to Attorney Genera/-Compliance of-Held: When Union of India is party-respondent and SolicitorGeneral is appearing before the Court, notice to Attorney General is notrequired-Practice and procedure. |
Judge | Hon'ble Mr. Justice M.B. Shah |
Neutral Citation | 2003 INSC 176 |
Petitioner | People`s Union For Civil Liberties (pucl) And Anr. |
Respondent | Union Of India And Anr. |
SCR | [2003] 2 S.C.R. 1136 |
Judgement Date | 2003-03-13 |
Case Number | 490 |
National Digital Library of India (NDLI) is a virtual repository of learning resources which is not just a repository with search/browse facilities but provides a host of services for the learner community. It is sponsored and mentored by Ministry of Education, Government of India, through its National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology (NMEICT). Filtered and federated searching is employed to facilitate focused searching so that learners can find the right resource with least effort and in minimum time. NDLI provides user group-specific services such as Examination Preparatory for School and College students and job aspirants. Services for Researchers and general learners are also provided. NDLI is designed to hold content of any language and provides interface support for 10 most widely used Indian languages. It is built to provide support for all academic levels including researchers and life-long learners, all disciplines, all popular forms of access devices and differently-abled learners. It is designed to enable people to learn and prepare from best practices from all over the world and to facilitate researchers to perform inter-linked exploration from multiple sources. It is developed, operated and maintained from Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur.
Learn more about this project from here.
NDLI is a conglomeration of freely available or institutionally contributed or donated or publisher managed contents. Almost all these contents are hosted and accessed from respective sources. The responsibility for authenticity, relevance, completeness, accuracy, reliability and suitability of these contents rests with the respective organization and NDLI has no responsibility or liability for these. Every effort is made to keep the NDLI portal up and running smoothly unless there are some unavoidable technical issues.
Ministry of Education, through its National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology (NMEICT), has sponsored and funded the National Digital Library of India (NDLI) project.
Sl. | Authority | Responsibilities | Communication Details |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Ministry of Education (GoI), Department of Higher Education |
Sanctioning Authority | https://www.education.gov.in/ict-initiatives |
2 | Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur | Host Institute of the Project: The host institute of the project is responsible for providing infrastructure support and hosting the project | https://www.iitkgp.ac.in |
3 | National Digital Library of India Office, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur | The administrative and infrastructural headquarters of the project | Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in |
4 | Project PI / Joint PI | Principal Investigator and Joint Principal Investigators of the project |
Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in Prof. Saswat Chakrabarti will be added soon |
5 | Website/Portal (Helpdesk) | Queries regarding NDLI and its services | support@ndl.gov.in |
6 | Contents and Copyright Issues | Queries related to content curation and copyright issues | content@ndl.gov.in |
7 | National Digital Library of India Club (NDLI Club) | Queries related to NDLI Club formation, support, user awareness program, seminar/symposium, collaboration, social media, promotion, and outreach | clubsupport@ndl.gov.in |
8 | Digital Preservation Centre (DPC) | Assistance with digitizing and archiving copyright-free printed books | dpc@ndl.gov.in |
9 | IDR Setup or Support | Queries related to establishment and support of Institutional Digital Repository (IDR) and IDR workshops | idr@ndl.gov.in |