BASANT KUMAR CHAUDHARY vs UNION OF INDIA

The Supreme Court addressed the constitutionality of sub-section (4) of Section 8 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, in a Public Interest Litigation. The Court disposed of the writ petition in accordance with the judgment delivered in W.P.(C) No.490 of 2005 and W.P.(C) No.231 of 2005, which also challenged the same provision as ultra vires the Constitution. The outcome confirmed the earlier judgment without imposing costs.