SC says Election a secular exercise, can’t seek votes in name of religion

The SC has ruled that elections will be declared void if votes were sought in the name of caste, creed, or religion. A seven-judge constitution bench, hearing a clutch of petitions in the 1996 Hindutva case, where an earlier apex court bench observed that Hinduism is a way of life, ruled 4:3 in the case. Saying that election is a secular exercise and thereby due process should be followed.