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2024 Supreme(SC) 129

D. Y. CHANDRACHUD, SANJIV KHANNA, B. R. GAVAI, J. B. PARDIWALA, MANOJ MISRA
Association for Democratic Reforms – Appellant
Versus
Union of India – Respondent


Advocates appeared:
For Petitioner(s): Mr. Prashant Bhushan, AOR
WPC 880/2017 : Mr. Prashant Bhushan, AOR WPC 880/2017 Ms. Neha Rathi, Adv. Ms. Alice Raj, Adv. Ms. Shivani Kapoor, Adv. Mr. Pranav Sachdeva, Adv. Ms. Kajal Geri, Adv. Mr. Kamal Kishore, Adv.
WPC 59/2018 : Mr. Shadan Farasat, AOR Ms. Warisha Farasat, Adv. Mr. Gautam Bhatia, Adv. Mr. Aman Naqvi, Adv. Mr. Harshit Anand, Adv. Ms. Hrishika Jain, Adv. Ms. Natasha Maheshwari, Adv. Ms. Mreganka Kukreja, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Babbar, Adv. Mr. Rizwan, Adv. Ms. Sachi Chopra, Adv.
WPC 975/2022 : Mr. Varinder Kumar Sharma, AOR
WPC 1132/2022 : Mr. Nizam Pasha, Adv. Mr. Javedur Rahman, AOR Mr. Siddharth Kaushik, Adv. Ms. Aayushi Mishra, Adv. Mr. Mudassir, Adv.
For the Respondent(s): Mr. R. Venkatramani, AG Mr. Tushar Mehta, SG Mr. R. Balasubramanium, Sr. Adv. Mr. Raj Bahadur Yadav, AOR Ms. Seema Bengani, Adv. Mr. Shyam Gopal, Adv. Mr. Chinmayee Chandra, Adv. Mr. Kanu Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Rajat Nair, Adv. Mr. Raman Yadav, Adv. Mr. Chitvan Singhal, Adv. Mrs. Shraddha Deshmukh, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Kumar Pandey, Adv. Mr. Kartikay Aggarwal, Adv. Mr. Ameyvikrama Thanvi, Adv. Ms. Sonali Jain, Adv. Mr. R. Venkataramani, AG Mr. Tushar Mehta, SG Mr. R. Bala, Sr. Adv. Mr. Rajan Kumar Chourasia, Adv. Mr. Chinmayee Chandra, Adv. Ms. Seema Bengani, Adv. Ms. Shraddha Deshmukh, Adv. Mr. Ankur Talwar, Adv. Mr. Shyam Gopal, Adv. Mr. Raman Yadav, Adv. Mr. Chitvan Singhal, Adv. Mr. Arvind Kumar Sharma, AOR Mr. Amit Sharma, AOR Mr. Dipesh Sinha, Adv. Ms. Pallavi Barua, Adv. Ms. Aparna Singh, Adv. Mr. Varun K Chopra, Adv. Mr. Mehul Sharma, Adv. M/s. VKC Law Offices Mr. Kaleeswaram Raj, Adv. Ms. Thulasi K Raj, Adv. Ms. Aparna Menon, Adv. Mr. Mohammed Sadique T.a., AOR Ms. Sneha Kalita, AOR Mr. Prasanna S., AOR Mr. Sanjay R Hegde, Sr. Adv. Mr. Suren Uppal, Adv. Mr. Aviral Kashyap, AOR Mr. Prabhsharan Singh Mohi, Adv. Mr. Sanjeev Menon, Adv. Mr. Shahrukh Ali, Adv. Mr. Stuti Srivastava, Adv. Mr. Rajesh Kumar, Adv. Ms. Vimal Sinha, Adv. Mr. Ashish Jha, Adv.

JUDGMENT :

DHANANJAYA Y. CHANDRACHUD, CJI.

A.

Background

i.

Corporate Contributions

ii.

Curbing black money

iii.

Transparency

iv.

Objections of RBI and ECI to the Electoral Bond Scheme

v.

Electoral Bond Scheme

B.

Issues

C.

Submissions

i.

Submissions of petitioners

ii.

Submissions of Union of India

D.

The Scope of Judicial Review

E.

The close association of politics and money

F.

The challenge to non-disclosure of information on electoral financing

i.

Infringement of the right to information of the voter

a.

The scope of Article 19(1)(a): tracing the right to information

b.

Right to information of a voter: exploring the judgments in ADR and PUCL

c.

The focal point of the electoral process: candidate or political party

d.

The essentiality of information about political funding for the effective exercise of the choice of voting

ii.

Whether the infringement of the right to information of the voter is justified

a.

Curbing Black money

b.

Donor Privacy

I.

Informational privacy of financial contributions to political parties

II.

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