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Union of India v. ADR (2002) — RTI Wiki Citizen Guide 2026

Voters' right to know criminal antecedents of candidates flows from Article 19[1][a]. Voters have a fundamental right to know candidates' educational and criminal.

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 +====== Union of India v. ADR (2002) — RTI Wiki Citizen Guide 2026 ======
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 +**Supreme Court of India** · 2002-05-02 · (2002) 5 SCC 294 · **★ Landmark**
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 +**Voters' right to know criminal antecedents of candidates flows from Article 19[1][a]. Voters have a fundamental right to know candidates' educational and criminal.**
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 +//Voters have a fundamental right to know candidates' educational and criminal background.//
 +
 +===== Case details =====
 +
 +^ Court | Supreme Court of India |
 +^ Decided | 2002-05-02 |
 +^ Citation | (2002) 5 SCC 294 |
 +^ Bench | M.B. Shah, P. Venkatarama Reddi, D.M. Dharmadhikari |
 +^ Petitioner | Union of India |
 +^ Respondent | Association for Democratic Reforms |
 +^ RTI Act sections | — |
 +^ Outcome | Rejected |
 +
 +===== Outcome =====
 +
 +Voters' right to know criminal antecedents of candidates flows from Article 19(1)(a).
 +
 +===== Ratio decidendi =====
 +
 +Right of voters to know the antecedents of candidates (criminal, educational, financial) is a facet of the right to free expression under Article 19(1)(a).
 +
 +===== Keywords =====
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 +voter rights, Article 19(1)(a), candidates, ADR
 +
 +===== Later rulings that cite this case =====
 +
 +  * [[/important-decisions/electoral-bonds-adr-2024|ADR v. Union of India (Electoral Bonds)]] (SC 2024)
 +
 +===== Similar cases in the corpus =====
 +
 +//These rulings have the closest editorial ratio to this case — computed by tf-idf cosine similarity over ratio, keywords and Act sections. Useful starting points if you are researching the same point of law.//
 +
 +  * [[/cases/state-of-up-v-raj-narain-1975-sc|State of U.P. v. Raj Narain]] (SC 1975)
 +  * [[/cases/sp-gupta-v-uoi-1981-sc|S.P. Gupta v. Union of India (Judges' Transfer)]] (SC 1981)
 +  * [[/important-decisions/electoral-bonds-adr-2024|ADR v. Union of India (Electoral Bonds)]] (SC 2024)
 +  * [[/important-decisions/k-s-puttaswamy-vs-union-of-india|K.S. Puttaswamy v. Union of India]] (SC 2017)
 +  * [[/cases/raj-narain-inspection-of-records-cic|Inspection of records under RTI — CIC guidance]] (CIC 2013)
 +
 +===== Related =====
 +
 +  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?court=SC|All Supreme Court of India rulings in the corpus]]
 +  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?landmark=1|All landmark rulings]]
 +  * [[:cases:search|Full case-law search]]
 +  * [[:cases|Case-Law Database — overview]]
 +  * [[:pio-rti-reply-guide|PIO RTI Reply Guide]]
 +  * [[:act|The RTI Act, 2005 — annotated]]
 +  * [[https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1969869/|External reported text →]]
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 +**Editorial summary, not a certified report.** The ratio here is an editorial compression. Before citing this ruling in a PIO order, FAA speaking order, or any appellate filing, **verify against the full reported decision**. RTI Wiki is not a legal service.
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 +//Editorial summary · last reviewed 21 April 2026.//
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 +{{tag>case-law court-sc landmark}}