Supreme Court of India

Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay v. Union of India and Anr.

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Bench N.V. Ramana, Hima Kohli and C. T. Ravikumar JJ.
Decided 26 August 2022

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Election laws: Freebies – Matter pertaining to promises made by political parties for the distribution of free goods-‘freebies’ as a part of their election manifesto or during election speeches – In view of the complexity of the issues involved, and the prayer for reconsideration of two-Judge Bench decision of this Court in *S. Subramaniam Balaji, matter referred to three-Judge Bench – Reference to larger Bench. *S. Subramaniam Balaji v. State of Tamil Nadu (2013) 9 SCC 659 : [2013] 13 SCR 668 – To be reconsidered.

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