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Supreme Court declares AAP’s Kuldeep Kumar as the Mayor of Chandigarh; sets aside old election results
The Bench led by the Chief Justice held the Presiding Officer accountable for ballot tampering and directed a show cause notice to be issued
20th Feb 2024
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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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“Where is your power to mark the ballot papers?” Supreme Court asks Presiding Officer of Chandigarh mayoral election
The Court ordered all the ballot papers to be placed before it by 2:00pm tomorrow and directed their safe transport from Chandigarh
19th Feb 2024
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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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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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“The Supreme Court is watching” CJI warns Presiding Officer allegedly caught vote tampering in Chandigarh mayoral elections
CJI Chandrachud directed all records related to the Chandigarh mayoral election to be submitted for scrutiny
5th Feb 2024
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What has the SC said about caste and communal appeals in elections?
The SC in Abhiram Singh held that appeals cannot be made to the caste and communal identities of voters and candidates in elections.
8th Mar 2022
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Week 4 at the SC (2022): The Reservation Battles Rage On
The SC issued two orders on reservation policies in PG medical entrance exams and municipal elections.
22nd Jan 2022
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Criminalisation of Politics
Election candidates can only be disqualified upon conviction and not upon the framing of criminal charges.
4th Sep 2017
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