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Hindutva, the meaning of the word 'Hindutva' is not confined only to Hindu religion unrelated to Indian culture and heritage and it is the context and the manner of its use which determines its true meaning in a particular speech, Ramakant Mayekar v. Celine D' Silva, AIR 1996 SC 826 (834): (1996) 1 SCC 399. [Representation of the People Act, 1951, ss. 100(1) (b), 123(3) and 3A]

The word 'Hindutva' is used and understood as a synonym of 'Indianisation' i.e. development of uniform culture by obliterating the differences between all the cultures co-existing in the country, R.Y. Prabhoo v. P.K. Kunte, AIR 1996 SC 1113 (1130).