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SC Declines Debate on Hindutva

The Supreme Court on Tuesday held that seeking votes in the name of religion is an “evil” and cannot be permitted.
●    Under the Representation of the People Act, promotion of, or attempt to promote, feelings of enmity or hatred on grounds of religion, race, caste, community or language, by a candidate or his agent, amounts to “corrupt practice”.
●    But a three-judge bench held in 1995 that “Hindutva” and “Hinduism” do not imply any particular religion, and hence using these expressions could not impact validity of election of any candidate. But now seven-judge Constitution Bench led by Chief Justice of India T S Thakur maintained that seeking votes in the name of religion is an “evil”. 
●    In December 1995, Justice J S Verma, writing for a three-judge Supreme Court bench, had held that seeking votes in the name of Hinduism is not a “corrupt practice” under Section 123 of the Representation of the People Act. 
●    The BJP had underlined one such judgment from 1995 in its election manifesto, asserting that even the apex court has endorsed the true meaning of Hindutva and Hinduism.


 

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