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What is the Form 17C petition about?
What is the purpose of Form 17C and why did the Supreme Court adjourn it?
13th Jun 2024
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The Supreme Court’s Election Duty
The election season saw the top court in the hot seat as it dealt with multiple petitions demanding its active involvement during elections
10th Jun 2024
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What is the Form 17C petition in the Supreme Court all about?
Last week, the Court adjourned a request asking the ECI to publish turnout data within 48 hours of polling. Here’s an explainer
29th May 2024
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From Swamy to ADR: Nine VVPAT related cases decided by the Supreme Court
SCO lists key cases filed before the top court in the past decade seeking more transparency in the EVM-VVPAT system in India
14th May 2024
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VVPATs for Vote Verification | Case Explainer
A Division Bench of the Supreme Court rejected a plea seeking 100 percent vote verification through VVPATs
7th May 2024
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A Trial for Institutional Sanctity
The Court made many right noises during the VVPAT hearing, they were missing in its judgement.
6th May 2024
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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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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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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 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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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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VVPATs for Voter Verification
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Association for Democratic Reforms v Election Commission of India
The Supreme Court rejected petitions seeking 100 percent vote verifications through VVPATs to cross-check votes cast through EVMs
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Bench:Sanjiv Khanna J, Dipankar Datta J