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Rambabu Singh Thakur v. Sunil Arora

(2020) 3 SCC 733 · Supreme Court of India · Election law

At a glance

Citation: (2020) 3 SCC 733
Court: Supreme Court of India
Area of law: Election law
In one line: Parties must publish reasons for selecting candidates with criminal cases.

1 Facts

Parties continued to field candidates with criminal records.

2 Issue

What must parties do?

3 What the court decided

Parties must publish reasons for selecting candidates with criminal cases.

4 Why it matters

Strengthened accountability.

5 Think about it

Why ask parties to give reasons?

6 Analyse it yourself

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