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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
9th Apr 2024
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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
8th Apr 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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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
18th Mar 2024
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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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“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
31st Jan 2024
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Privacy versus transparency: the electoral bonds story
DESK BRIEF: The choice between donor confidentiality and voter’s right to information will be crucial as we head towards the 2024 elections
5th Nov 2023
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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.
MoreNext Hearing: August 21, 2024
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Election Commission Appointments
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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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Bench:K.M. Joseph J, Ajay Rastogi J, Aniruddha Bose J, Hrishikesh Roy J, C.T. Ravikumar J
Electoral Appeals Case
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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.
MoreLast Updated: 20170102
Bench:L.N. Rao J, D.Y. Chandrachud CJI, U.U. Lalit CJI, M.B. Lokur J, Tirath Singh Thakur CJI, S.A. Bobde CJI
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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Bench:D.Y. Chandrachud CJI, Sanjiv Khanna J, B.R. Gavai J, J.B. Pardiwala J, Manoj Misra J
Narendra Modi’s Biopic Release
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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.
MoreLast Updated: 20190426
Bench:Sanjiv Khanna J, Ranjan Gogoi CJI
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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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.
MoreLast Updated: 20210810
Bench:Rohinton Nariman J, D.Y. Chandrachud CJI, A.M. Khanwilkar J, Arun Mishra J, Indu Malhotra J