Association For Democratics Reforms vs Union Of India on 15 February, 2024
Author: B.R. Gavai
Bench: B.R. Gavai
Reportable
2024 INSC ... ORIGINAL JURISDICTION
Writ Petition (C) No. 880 of 2017
Association for Democratic Reforms & Anr. …Petitioners
Versus
Union of India & Ors. …Respondents
With
Writ
alternative, on behalf of the petitioner – Association for
Democratic Reforms, that the Court should direct:
a) return to the paper ballot system; or
b) that ... Code, 18606 in the written declaration under Rule 49MA
3 ‘Voters’ and ‘Electors’ is used interchangeably.
4 For short, ‘VVPAT’.
5 For short, ‘1961 Rules
taken judicial notice of criminalization of politics and imperative needs of electoral reforms. There have been several instances of persons charged with serious and heinous ... civil society, law abiding citizens of this country in the electoral politics and elections.
16. No one can dispute that the present day politics
deals with the issue of criminalisation of
politics and need for electoral reforms and has absolutely no
application for deciding both the Applications filed
Supreme Court in the
case of Assn. for Democratic Reforms (Electoral Bond Scheme) V/s.
Union of India 5. Here, the Constitution Bench has held
Article 14 of
the Constitution of India. In Association for Democratic
Reforms (Electoral Bond Scheme) vs. Union of India 11, the
Constitution Bench held that
deals with the issue of criminalisation of
politics and need for electoral reforms and has absolutely no
application for deciding both the Applications filed
deals with the issue of criminalisation of
politics and need for electoral reforms and has absolutely no
application for deciding both the Applications filed
Apex Court, with the object of bringing about
electoral reforms, had passed various directions in the case titled
Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay v. Union of India
Alex P. George vs State Of Kerala on 30 October, 2024
Author: N. Nagaresh
Bench
