the Supreme Court* held that the decision of registering a political party by the Election Commission is a quasi-judicial one, and in the absence of express provisions in law for de-registration, the Election Commission cannot de-register a party on complaints of its having violated its own undertaking. In a way, this is a rare case where the Supreme Court upheld a narrow interpretation of the EC’s power to register a political party and thus actually restricted the EC’s power to hold a political party accountable, thus making it toothless.
