{"id":11014,"date":"2024-02-15T07:08:04","date_gmt":"2024-02-15T07:08:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/?p=11014"},"modified":"2024-02-15T07:08:04","modified_gmt":"2024-02-15T07:08:04","slug":"sc-strikes-down-electoral-bonds-scheme-as-violative-of-rti-and-article-191a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/sc-strikes-down-electoral-bonds-scheme-as-violative-of-rti-and-article-191a\/","title":{"rendered":"SC strikes down Electoral Bonds scheme as violative of RTI and Article 19(1)(a)"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEW DELHI: The\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Electoral\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Bonds\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/a>system\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>declared\u00a0<\/span><\/span>unlawful\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>five-judge\u00a0<\/span>bench\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>included\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Chief\u00a0<\/span>Justice\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>India\u00a0<\/span><\/span>DY\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/a>Chandrachud<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Justices\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Sanjiv\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Khanna,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>BR\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Gavai,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>JB\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Pardiwala,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Manoj\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Misra.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>ruling\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>pronounced\u00a0<\/span><\/span>unanimously\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Thursday.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>bench\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>making\u00a0<\/span><\/span>decisions\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>number\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>appeals\u00a0<\/span><\/span>contesting\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>legality\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Central\u00a0<\/span><\/span>government’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Election\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Bonds\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Programme,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>which\u00a0<\/span><\/span>permits\u00a0<\/span><\/span>political\u00a0<\/span>parties\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>receive\u00a0<\/span><\/span>anonymous\u00a0<\/span><\/span>money.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Beginning\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>ruling,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Chief\u00a0<\/span>Justice\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Chandrachud\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stated\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>two\u00a0<\/span><\/span>opinions\u2014one\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span><\/span>him\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>other\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Justice\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Sanjiv\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Khanna\u2014had\u00a0<\/span><\/span>reached\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>same\u00a0<\/span><\/span>conclusion.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>According\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>bench,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>petitions\u00a0<\/span><\/span>brought\u00a0<\/span><\/span>up\u00a0<\/span><\/span>two\u00a0<\/span>key\u00a0<\/span>points:\u00a0<\/span><\/span>whether\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>modifications\u00a0<\/span><\/span>infringe\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>right\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>information\u00a0<\/span><\/span>under\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Article\u00a0<\/span>19(1)(a)\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>whether\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>unrestricted\u00a0<\/span><\/span>fundraising\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>corporations\u00a0<\/span><\/span>interfered\u00a0<\/span><\/span>with\u00a0<\/span><\/span>free\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>fair\u00a0<\/span>elections.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>Chief\u00a0<\/span>Justice\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stated\u00a0<\/span><\/span>after\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>reading\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>his\u00a0<\/span>decision\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Supreme\u00a0<\/span>Court\u00a0<\/span><\/span>maintains\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>anonymous\u00a0<\/span><\/span>voting\u00a0<\/span><\/span>bonds\u00a0<\/span><\/span>violate\u00a0<\/span><\/span>both\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Article\u00a0<\/span>19(1)(a)\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>right\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>information.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>Supreme\u00a0<\/span>Court\u00a0<\/span><\/span>ruled\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>since\u00a0<\/span><\/span>corporate\u00a0<\/span><\/span>payments\u00a0<\/span><\/span>through\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Electoral\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Bonds\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span>made\u00a0<\/span><\/span>only\u00a0<\/span>as\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>quid\u00a0<\/span>pro\u00a0<\/span>quo,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>information\u00a0<\/span>about\u00a0<\/span><\/span>those\u00a0<\/span>donors\u00a0<\/span><\/span>must\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>made\u00a0<\/span><\/span>public.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>court\u00a0<\/span><\/span>ruled\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Companies\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Act’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>modifications,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>which\u00a0<\/span>allowed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>corporations\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>make\u00a0<\/span><\/span>limitless\u00a0<\/span><\/span>political\u00a0<\/span>contributions,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>were\u00a0<\/span><\/span>irrational\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>illegal.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>Supreme\u00a0<\/span>Court\u00a0<\/span><\/span>ruled\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>restricting\u00a0<\/span><\/span>black\u00a0<\/span>money\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>not\u00a0<\/span><\/span>justifiable\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>violating\u00a0<\/span><\/span>someone’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>right\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>information.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>Supreme\u00a0<\/span>Court\u00a0<\/span><\/span>mandated\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>banks\u00a0<\/span><\/span>immediately\u00a0<\/span>cease\u00a0<\/span><\/span>issuing\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Election\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Bonds\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>State\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Bank\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>India\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(SBI)\u00a0<\/span><\/span>provide\u00a0<\/span>information\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Election\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Bonds\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>political\u00a0<\/span>parties\u00a0<\/span><\/span>have\u00a0<\/span><\/span>cashed.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>Election\u00a0<\/span>Commission\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/a>India<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(ECI)\u00a0<\/span><\/span>would\u00a0<\/span>post\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>facts\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>its\u00a0<\/span>website\u00a0<\/span><\/span>after\u00a0<\/span><\/span>receiving\u00a0<\/span><\/span>them\u00a0<\/span>from\u00a0<\/span><\/span>SBI,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>according\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>court’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>ruling.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>On\u00a0<\/span><\/span>November\u00a0<\/span>2\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>last\u00a0<\/span>year,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span><\/span>five-judge\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Constitution\u00a0<\/span><\/span>bench\u00a0<\/span><\/span>led\u00a0<\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Chief\u00a0<\/span>Justice\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Chandrachud\u00a0<\/span><\/span>reserved\u00a0<\/span><\/span>its\u00a0<\/span>decision\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>case.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>As\u00a0<\/span><\/span>part\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>initiatives\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>increase\u00a0<\/span><\/span>political\u00a0<\/span><\/span>fundraising\u00a0<\/span><\/span>transparency,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>government\u00a0<\/span><\/span>announced\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>programme\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>January\u00a0<\/span>2,\u00a0<\/span>2018,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>it\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>positioned\u00a0<\/span><\/span>as\u00a0<\/span><\/span>an\u00a0<\/span>alternative\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>monetary\u00a0<\/span>contributions\u00a0<\/span><\/span>given\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>political\u00a0<\/span>parties.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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SC strikes down Electoral Bonds scheme as violative of RTI and Article 19(1)(a)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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NEW DELHI: The\u00a0Electoral\u00a0Bonds\u00a0system\u00a0was\u00a0declared\u00a0unlawful\u00a0by\u00a0a\u00a0five-judge\u00a0bench\u00a0that\u00a0included\u00a0Chief\u00a0Justice\u00a0of\u00a0India\u00a0DY\u00a0Chandrachud,\u00a0Justices\u00a0Sanjiv\u00a0Khanna,\u00a0BR\u00a0Gavai,\u00a0JB\u00a0Pardiwala,\u00a0and\u00a0Manoj\u00a0Misra.\u00a0The\u00a0ruling\u00a0was\u00a0pronounced\u00a0unanimously\u00a0on\u00a0Thursday. The\u00a0bench\u00a0was\u00a0making\u00a0decisions\u00a0on\u00a0a\u00a0number\u00a0of\u00a0appeals\u00a0contesting\u00a0the\u00a0legality\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0Central\u00a0government’s\u00a0Election\u00a0Bonds\u00a0Programme,\u00a0which\u00a0permits\u00a0political\u00a0parties\u00a0to\u00a0receive\u00a0anonymous\u00a0money. Beginning\u00a0the\u00a0ruling,\u00a0Chief\u00a0Justice\u00a0Chandrachud\u00a0stated\u00a0that\u00a0two\u00a0opinions\u2014one\u00a0from\u00a0him\u00a0and\u00a0the\u00a0other\u00a0from\u00a0Justice\u00a0Sanjiv\u00a0Khanna\u2014had\u00a0reached\u00a0the\u00a0same\u00a0conclusion. According\u00a0to\u00a0the\u00a0bench,\u00a0the\u00a0petitions\u00a0brought\u00a0up\u00a0two\u00a0key\u00a0points:\u00a0whether\u00a0the\u00a0modifications\u00a0infringe\u00a0the\u00a0right\u00a0to\u00a0information\u00a0under\u00a0Article\u00a019(1)(a)\u00a0and\u00a0whether\u00a0the\u00a0unrestricted\u00a0fundraising\u00a0of\u00a0corporations\u00a0interfered\u00a0with\u00a0free\u00a0and\u00a0fair\u00a0elections.The\u00a0Chief\u00a0Justice\u00a0stated\u00a0after\u00a0the\u00a0reading\u00a0of\u00a0his\u00a0decision\u00a0that\u00a0the\u00a0Supreme\u00a0Court\u00a0maintains\u00a0that\u00a0anonymous\u00a0voting\u00a0bonds\u00a0violate\u00a0both\u00a0Article\u00a019(1)(a)\u00a0and\u00a0the\u00a0right\u00a0to\u00a0information. The\u00a0Supreme\u00a0Court\u00a0ruled\u00a0that\u00a0since\u00a0corporate\u00a0payments\u00a0through\u00a0Electoral\u00a0Bonds\u00a0are\u00a0made\u00a0only\u00a0as\u00a0a\u00a0quid\u00a0pro\u00a0quo,\u00a0information\u00a0about\u00a0those\u00a0donors\u00a0must\u00a0be\u00a0made\u00a0public. The\u00a0court\u00a0ruled\u00a0that\u00a0the\u00a0Companies\u00a0Act’s\u00a0modifications,\u00a0which\u00a0allowed\u00a0corporations\u00a0to\u00a0make\u00a0limitless\u00a0political\u00a0contributions,\u00a0were\u00a0irrational\u00a0and\u00a0illegal. The\u00a0Supreme\u00a0Court\u00a0ruled\u00a0that\u00a0restricting\u00a0black\u00a0money\u00a0is\u00a0not\u00a0justifiable\u00a0by\u00a0violating\u00a0someone’s\u00a0right\u00a0to\u00a0information. The\u00a0Supreme\u00a0Court\u00a0mandated\u00a0that\u00a0banks\u00a0immediately\u00a0cease\u00a0issuing\u00a0Election\u00a0Bonds\u00a0and\u00a0that\u00a0the\u00a0State\u00a0Bank\u00a0of\u00a0India\u00a0(SBI)\u00a0provide\u00a0information\u00a0on\u00a0the\u00a0Election\u00a0Bonds\u00a0that\u00a0political\u00a0parties\u00a0have\u00a0cashed. The\u00a0Election\u00a0Commission\u00a0of\u00a0India\u00a0(ECI)\u00a0would\u00a0post\u00a0the\u00a0facts\u00a0on\u00a0its\u00a0website\u00a0after\u00a0receiving\u00a0them\u00a0from\u00a0SBI,\u00a0according\u00a0to\u00a0the\u00a0court’s\u00a0ruling. On\u00a0November\u00a02\u00a0of\u00a0last\u00a0year,\u00a0a\u00a0five-judge\u00a0Constitution\u00a0bench\u00a0led\u00a0by\u00a0Chief\u00a0Justice\u00a0Chandrachud\u00a0reserved\u00a0its\u00a0decision\u00a0in\u00a0the\u00a0case. As\u00a0part\u00a0of\u00a0initiatives\u00a0to\u00a0increase\u00a0political\u00a0fundraising\u00a0transparency,\u00a0the\u00a0government\u00a0announced\u00a0the\u00a0programme\u00a0on\u00a0January\u00a02,\u00a02018,\u00a0and\u00a0it\u00a0was\u00a0positioned\u00a0as\u00a0an\u00a0alternative\u00a0to\u00a0monetary\u00a0contributions\u00a0given\u00a0to\u00a0political\u00a0parties.    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[67,89,54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11014","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-header","category-national","category-political"],"gutentor_comment":0,"yoast_head":"\nSC strike down Electoral Bond scheme as violative of RTI & Art 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