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election

Analysis

Supreme Court Review 2024: Democracy on trial in an election year

We revisit notable judgements and petitions that occupied the top court’s attention during election season

Advay Vora

21st Dec 2024

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Aniruddha Bose

Analysis

Justice Aniruddha Bose’s Notable Judgements

During his five-year tenure at the Supreme Court, Justice Bose was part of several Constitution Benches that delivered crucial judgements

R. Sai Spandana

9th Apr 2024

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manifestos

Analysis

Manifesting a new judiciary

From appointment commissions to a Chennai branch of the top court—here’s what election manifestos are promising on the judicial front

R. Sai Spandana

8th Apr 2024

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court

Analysis

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

Vikram Shah

30th Mar 2024

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Analysis

Transparency tunes in to the “dance of democracy”

The Supreme Court is now hearing a gamut of cases that will have a bearing on the future of democracy

Leena Gita Reghunath

18th Mar 2024

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Chandigarh mayoral ballot

Analysis

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

R. Sai Spandana

20th Feb 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

Advay Vora

20th Feb 2024

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Chandigarh Mayoral Elections

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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

R. Sai Spandana

19th 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

Gauri Kashyap

19th Feb 2024

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Analysis

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

Tushar Kohli

8th Feb 2024

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Analysis

“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

Gauri Kashyap

5th Feb 2024

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Right to information, Anjali Bhardwaj, Amrita Johri

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“National political parties haven’t appointed information officers despite being subject to RTI law”: Anjali Bhardwaj, Amrita Johri

In a wide-ranging interview, the transparency activists also spoke about how the Electoral Bond Scheme compromises the right to information

Gauri Kashyap

31st Jan 2024

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cases

Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay v Union of India

The Supreme Court is hearing challenges against the practice of offering and distributing freebies during election campaigns. The Court's decision will determine how political parties contest elections in India.

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Next Hearing: August 21, 2024

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Bench:D.Y. Chandrachud CJI, J.B. Pardiwala J, Manoj Misra J

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Anoop Baranwal v Union of India

The Supreme Court held that a committee comprising the Prime Minister, the Leader of the Opposition and the Chief Justice of India will advise the President on appointments to the Election Commission of India until Parliament enacts a law on the subject.

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Abhiram Singh v C. D. Commachen

The 7-judge bench held that appealing to the ascriptive identities of any candidate and that of the voters constitutes a ‘corrupt practice’ under Section 123(3) of the Representation of the People Act, 1951.

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Association for Democratic Reforms v Union of India

The Supreme Court held that the Electoral Bond Scheme was unconstitutional for violating the right to information of voters.

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Sandeep Vinod Kumar Singh v Election Commission of India

A 3 Judge Bench of the Supreme Court chose not to interfere with an order passed by the Election Commission of India stalling the release of the PM Narendra Modi biopic.

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Last Updated: 20190426

Bench:Sanjiv Khanna CJI, Ranjan Gogoi CJI

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K Sathyan v Union of India

The Supreme Court will decide if electoral laws need to be reformed to accommodate new technology to expand voting rights to migrants, NRIs and to curb fraudulent votes.

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Last Updated: 20210218

Bench:N.V. Ramana CJI, A.S. Bopanna J, V. Ramasubramanian J

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N Chandrababu Naidu v Union of India

On April 8th 2019 the SC ordered the Election Commission to increase the number of election booths that undergo VVPAT slip matching.

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Public Interest Foundation v Union of India

A 5 Judge Bench of the Supreme Court held that a person cannot be disqualified from membership in a legislative body on the mere framing of criminal charges against them.

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