Supreme Court Electoral Reforms

Electoral bonds have seen a 157% jump in sales during election season, notching Rs 3,622 crore in the March-April period. This comes up to almost double the bonds that were sold in the last 10 months.

The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its order on a PIL challenging the government's electoral bond scheme for political funding. A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi said it would pronounce its order tomorrow on the plea filed by NGO, Association of Democratic Reforms (ADR).

The Centre has opposed in the Supreme Court, the concerns raised by the Election Commission on issuing electoral bonds and justified the changes in law, saying it was "a pioneer step" in bringing about poll reforms, ensuring transparency and accountability in political funding.

The centre today opposed in the Supreme Court a PIL for barring candidates from contesting from than one constituency in a general election, saying that the issue of electoral reforms would need legislative action and and the plea failed to establish that fundamental rights of citizens were being infringed upon in any way.

Set up a permanent mechanism to collect data on the assets of legislators and put it in the public domain, the Supreme Court has told the government. This will enable voters to take an appropriate decision, the court said.

Why should aspiring lawmakers get "immunity" from disclosing their source of income, the Supreme Court questioned today while hearing a petition that cited instances of lawmakers declaring only a sharp increase in the value of their assets.

Supreme Court today accepted that electoral reforms are "long awaited" but refused to entertain a PIL of several eminent citizens, including former air chief S Krishnaswamy and top cop Julio F Ribeiro, seeking a direction to Election Commission to verify details of persons contesting polls.

Afghanistan's failure to set a date for postponed parliamentary elections or act on promised reforms has prompted foreign aid donors to cut short a multi-million-dollar project to fund electoral bodies, diplomats have told Reuters.

In a landmark judgement towards eradication of criminalisation of politics, the Supreme Court today ruled that if any elected representative suppressed information on pending criminal cases, it could set aside their election.

Fiery cleric Tahir-ul-Qadri, who recently led a protest against the Pakistan government to push for electoral reforms, today approached the Supreme Court to seek the restructuring of the Election Commission.

Electoral bonds have seen a 157% jump in sales during election season, notching Rs 3,622 crore in the March-April period. This comes up to almost double the bonds that were sold in the last 10 months.

The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its order on a PIL challenging the government's electoral bond scheme for political funding. A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi said it would pronounce its order tomorrow on the plea filed by NGO, Association of Democratic Reforms (ADR).

The Centre has opposed in the Supreme Court, the concerns raised by the Election Commission on issuing electoral bonds and justified the changes in law, saying it was "a pioneer step" in bringing about poll reforms, ensuring transparency and accountability in political funding.

The centre today opposed in the Supreme Court a PIL for barring candidates from contesting from than one constituency in a general election, saying that the issue of electoral reforms would need legislative action and and the plea failed to establish that fundamental rights of citizens were being infringed upon in any way.

Set up a permanent mechanism to collect data on the assets of legislators and put it in the public domain, the Supreme Court has told the government. This will enable voters to take an appropriate decision, the court said.

Why should aspiring lawmakers get "immunity" from disclosing their source of income, the Supreme Court questioned today while hearing a petition that cited instances of lawmakers declaring only a sharp increase in the value of their assets.

Supreme Court today accepted that electoral reforms are "long awaited" but refused to entertain a PIL of several eminent citizens, including former air chief S Krishnaswamy and top cop Julio F Ribeiro, seeking a direction to Election Commission to verify details of persons contesting polls.

Afghanistan's failure to set a date for postponed parliamentary elections or act on promised reforms has prompted foreign aid donors to cut short a multi-million-dollar project to fund electoral bodies, diplomats have told Reuters.

In a landmark judgement towards eradication of criminalisation of politics, the Supreme Court today ruled that if any elected representative suppressed information on pending criminal cases, it could set aside their election.

Fiery cleric Tahir-ul-Qadri, who recently led a protest against the Pakistan government to push for electoral reforms, today approached the Supreme Court to seek the restructuring of the Election Commission.