Referring to Subramanian Swamy vs Union of India (2008), the Supreme Court had ruled that election symbols are not the exclusive property of political parties and can only be reserved for ...

The Election Commission of India (ECI) has granted recognised political party status to ... as the permanent official election symbol of the party. “Jana Sena emerged as a recognized regional ...

The court clarified that political parties could not claim symbols as their exclusive property, especially when the symbols could be lost due to poor electoral performance. The bench firmly said ...