{"id":46379,"date":"2017-01-02T08:31:03","date_gmt":"2017-01-02T03:01:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=46379"},"modified":"2017-01-02T08:31:03","modified_gmt":"2017-01-02T03:01:03","slug":"cannot-seek-votes-name-religion-caste-sc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/cannot-seek-votes-name-religion-caste-sc","title":{"rendered":"Cannot seek votes in name of religion, caste: SC"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_44262\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44262\" style=\"width: 276px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"44262\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/centre-files-caveat-sc-issue-delhis-ut-status\/supreme-court-1\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/supreme-court-1.jpg?fit=276%2C183&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"276,183\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"supreme court 1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/supreme-court-1.jpg?fit=276%2C183&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-44262 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/supreme-court-1.jpg?resize=276%2C183&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Cannot seek votes in name of religion, caste: SC\" width=\"276\" height=\"183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/supreme-court-1.jpg?w=276&amp;ssl=1 276w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/supreme-court-1.jpg?resize=150%2C100&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 276px) 100vw, 276px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-44262\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cannot seek votes in name of religion, caste: SC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In a majority verdict, the Supreme Court today held that any appeal for votes on the ground of &#8220;religion, race, caste, community or language&#8221; amounted to &#8220;corrupt practice&#8221; under the election law provision.<\/p>\n<p>Referring to the term &#8216;his religion&#8217; used in section 123(3) of the Representation of The Peoples (RP) Act, which deals with &#8216;corrupt practice&#8217;, Chief Justice T S Thakur and three others in the 4:3 verdict said it meant the religion and caste of all including voters, candidates and their agents etc.<\/p>\n<p>However, the minority view of three judges &#8211; UU Lalit, A K Goel and D Y Chandrachud &#8211; held that the term &#8216;his&#8217; religion means religion of candidate only.<\/p>\n<p>The majority view, also shared by Justices M B Lokur, S A Bobde and L N Rao, said &#8216;secularism&#8217; has to be considered while dealing with such issues.<\/p>\n<p>( Source &#8211; PTI )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a majority verdict, the Supreme Court today held that any appeal for votes on the ground of &#8220;religion, race, caste, community or language&#8221; amounted to &#8220;corrupt practice&#8221; under the election law provision. 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