India, Aug. 19 -- Former Supreme Court judge B Sudershan Reddy, 79, who delivered the landmark 2011 judgement outlawing the Salwa Judum militia in Chhattisgarh, was on Tuesday named as the Opposition Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) candidate for the September 9 Vice Presidential election.

A bench of justices Reddy and SS Nijjar disbanded Salwa Judum, calling arming civilians "unethical and dangerous" and violative of the Constitution's Article 14 (right to equality) and Article 21 (right to life). The Salwa Judum, which was accused of human rights abuses, was a state-sponsored militia raised in 2005 to counter Maoist insurgency. It comprised largely tribal youth armed with basic training and firearms.

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