Context
Recently, Supreme Court issued notice to the election commission to cancel the registration of political parties that use religious symbols or names of religions in their nomenclature.
About
Registration of a political party in India:
Why registering with the EC is important?
Issuing Symbols
An electoral symbol is a standardized symbol allocated to an independent candidate or political party by a country's election commission for use in election ballots. |
Significance of Election symbol
Related Judgments
Abhiram Singh vs C D Commachen: An appeal to vote on the ground of the religion (or caste, community, race, or language) of a candidate or to refrain from voting for a candidate based on these features would amount to a corrupt practice
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