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Five election-related cases in the Court’s docket in the run-up to the 2024 polls
The what, when and why of the top court’s decisions in these key cases could have significant ramifications on India’s electoral landscape
8th Feb 2024
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“An unequal playing field will not disappear once we have transparency”: Dr. Udit Bhatia on the Electoral Bonds Scheme
Bhatia argues that the democratic dividends of transparency are going to be lost if parties continue having disproportionate campaign power
21st 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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SC Subverts Maharashtra’s Latest Attempt to Postpone Local Elections
With elections pending in nearly 2,500 local bodies, SC raps Maharashtra for abdicating its constitutional duty again.
4th May 2022
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Juggling Security and Freedoms at the SC
DESK BRIEF: SCO explores the fine line between security and Constitutional freedoms that the SC is set to draw across cases.
11th Mar 2022
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SC Offers Hope for OBC Reservations in Maharashtra Municipal Elections
The Maharashtra government was directed to submit data justifying its OBC reservation policy to the State Commission for Backward Castes.
20th Jan 2022
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Key Supreme Court Judgments 2021
We review the SC's most significant judgments in 2021.
29th Dec 2021
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Aadhaar Link to Voter Lists — What has the Supreme Court said?
Does Aadhaar's link to electoral rolls contravene the Court's privacy jurisprudence?
21st Dec 2021
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State Election Commissioners Should be Independent, Non-State Officers, Justice Nariman Holds
Court holds that State Election Commissioners must be independent and must not be officers who are employed by the State.
30th Mar 2021
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#6: VVPAT
Petition before Supreme Court to direct the Election Commission of India to verify a higher number of VVPAT slips.
10th Feb 2020
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#7 Electoral Disqualification
Court holds that a candidate undergoing a criminal trial can still contest in elections.
11th Dec 2018
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Jaya Thakur v Union of India
The Supreme Court will decide if the Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioner Act, 2023 is contrary to the Constitution Bench decision in Anoop Baranwal (2023). The Act sets up a committee to nominate members to the ECI.
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Bench:Sanjiv Khanna J, Dipankar Datta J