No EC nod needed for voter to sue candidate over false information: Supreme Court
Why This Matters
Key context: A bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and Sheel Nagu quashed the Karnataka HC order which had held that “right given to the voter is only to file an election petition, and not to register a private complaint of crime which is the duty of the Election Commission, if it wants to do so”. This development from timesofindia.indiatimes.com highlights ongoing changes in the sector.
A bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and Sheel Nagu quashed the Karnataka HC order which had held that “right given to the voter is only to file an election petition, and not to register a private complaint of crime which is the duty of the Election Commission, if it wants to do so”.
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