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Election fever reaches the Supreme Court

As surface and political temperatures rise across the country, things are also heating up at the bar and the bench

30th Mar 2024

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Electoral Bonds, SBI

Analysis

RTI, privacy, proportionality, empirical evidence…and AI transcripts—key themes from the Electoral Bonds judgement

We highlight four aspects that stood out to us in the Court’s ruling on the unconstitutionality of the Electoral Bonds Scheme

20th Feb 2024

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Electoral Bonds, contempt petition, supreme court

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Proportionality: Tried and Tested

In ruling that the Electoral Bond Scheme is invalid, the Court applied the double proportionality test to balance between fundamental rights

19th Feb 2024

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2023

Analysis

2023 Supreme Court Review: 10 key judgements

2023 has been an action-packed year at the Supreme Court. We feature 10 significant judgments and their fallout

27th Dec 2023

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Challenge to the Electoral Bonds Scheme | Day 1

On Day 1, petitioners argued that anonymous corporate funding decimates a representative democracy

8th Nov 2023

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Analysis

The SC’s Attempt to Mitigate Executive Interference

DESK BRIEF: Two recent decisions by the SC aim to decrease the Executive's interference in the functioning of autonomous bodies.

11th Mar 2023

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Analysis

SCO Shorts: Challenge to Appointments in the Election Commission of India

A 5-Judge Bench is deciding whether the appointment process in the ECI is unconstitutional and must be reformed.

24th Nov 2022

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Analysis

The Supreme Court on Hate Speech in Elections

What has the Supreme Court said about hate speech in political campaigns?

VVPAT voters’

Analysis

More Vote Verification for a Better Democracy?

Concerns about vote tampering and pleas to increase verification during elections are not new, and has resurfaced again at the SC as a PIL.

9th Mar 2022

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Analysis

#6: VVPAT

Petition before Supreme Court to direct the Election Commission of India to verify a higher number of VVPAT slips.

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10th Feb 2020

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Association for Democratic Reforms v Election Commission of India

The Supreme Court will decide if 100 percent vote verification must be implemented through VVPAT to cross-check votes cast through EVMs

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Next Hearing: April 18, 2024

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Bench:Sanjiv Khanna J, Dipankar Datta J

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