electoral bonds

Constitutional Bench 2024 roundup
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The Supreme Court’s 2024 decisions have marked a significant turning point in the country’s legal and constitutional framework. Key rulings delivered by Constitutional Benches on Electoral bonds, private property, royalty as tax, AMU’s minority status, sub-classification within reserved categories, etc. have left an impact on fundamental rights, political transparency and tax regime, shaping India’s socio-political landscape, influencing both public policy and the broader democratic process.

Justice BR Gavai
Know thy Judge

Recapitulating the career trajectory of eminent Judge of the Supreme Court of India, Justice B.R Gavai, who is in line to become only the second Chief Justice of India belonging to Scheduled Caste category after Justice K.G. Balakrishnan.

Justice Sanjiv Khanna takes oath
Appointments & TransfersNews

On 11-11-2024, President of India administered the oath of office to Justice Sanjiv Khanna who was elevated to the Supreme Court as Judge on 18-1-2019 and is due to retire on 13-5-2025, which means he will have a tenure of 6 months as Chief Justice of India.

Justice Sanjiv Khanna
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Going by seniority rule, Justice Sanjiv Khanna, is in line to become the 51st Chief Justice of India (CJI) in November 2024 for a term of seven months.

Supreme Court Roundup
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The month of March began with a setback to MPs/ MLAs with Supreme Court stripping them off their immunity if they cast vote after taking bribes and continued with opening the pandora’s box of ‘electoral bonds’ kept safely with SBI.

electoral bonds
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On 15-03-2024, the Court had stated that SBI to disclose unique alphanumeric code printed on each electoral bond, which helps match donors with political parties. Accordingly, it issued notice to the SBI and directed the matter to be posted for 18-03-2024.

Electoral Bonds
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Supreme Court has directed Election Commission of India to compile the information and publish the details in its official website no later by 15-03-2024 by 5 PM.

Electoral Bond Scheme
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The 5-Judge Constitution Bench heard a batch of cases challenging the controversial electoral bonds scheme over three days, before reserving the verdict in November.

Supreme Court round up
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The festive month of November revolved around some of the major matters before the Supreme Court. The Top Court gave guidelines for streamlining adoption process and expeditious disposal of criminal cases. The roundup covers the top stories for the month along with the segment of Never Reported Judgments and Know Thy Judge.

Case BriefsSupreme Court

“All that is required is a little more effort to cull out such information from both sides (purchaser of bond and political party) and do some “match the following”.”

Case BriefsTribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

Central Information Commission (CIC): Suresh Chandra (Information Commissioner) observed that disclosure of the names of the donors and donees of electoral bonds

Case BriefsSupreme Court

Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of Ranjan Gogoi, CJ and Deepak Gupta and Sanjiv Khanna, JJ has directed all the political parties who

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Supreme Court: The Court has eserved its order on a PIL challenging the government’s electoral bond scheme for political funding. The bench headed