The Court's Clarification

The bench said, "Whether Hindutva is a religion has not been referred to the seven-judge bench. If the issue is there before the five judge bona, then they can argue that there.

We are not calling upon anyone to address this issue. We are not considering the larger issue whether Hindutva is religion."

The Court is Considering Only Two Issues

The Supreme Court is considering only two issues relating to corrupt electoral practice under Section 123 of Representation of the Peopk Act:

One, whether appeal for vote on ground of religion, caste, community and language made by a candidate would be determined in relation to his religion, caste, community and language or that of  voters.

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SC Rules Out Revisiting 1995 Judgment on Hindutva

The Supreme Court on October 25 declined activist Teesta Setalvad's plea to revisit the judgement delivered on `Hindutva', defining it as a way of life' in 1995.

What the Petition Sought

Testa Setalvad through a petition requested the SC to decide "whether a candidate who contests on a ticket of a political party which in its manifesto appeals to `Hindutva'"Ia being the political agenda of its party, is not thereby guilty of corrupt practice within the meaning of Section 123 inasmuch as he has consented to an subscribed to the manifesto of the party"?

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