I. Introduction: When the Right to Know Meets a Wall In the largest democracy in the world, requesting information should have been a right, not a risk. The RTI Act of 2005 was promising and showed signs of pulling apart the bureaucratic curtain and shedding light to allow good civic action. Almost twenty years later,
Behind the Curtain: RTI, Algorithms, and the Dangerous Cost of Secrecy in India Read More »
Introduction India is the largest democracy in the world, where elections are also called “the Largest Event in the World,” making it imperative for the nation to have a fair and transparent electoral funding system. Financial sources to fund elections and the contesting political parties have long been discussed among policymakers and political activists. One
Towards Transparent Elections: The Case for State-Funded Indian Politics Read More »
Abstract The arbitrariness test and its application have been a continuously evolving area of jurisprudence with each case contributing differently to the idea. The judgements between the Mcdowell case to before the Shayara Bano case have been different from each other. None of the judgements have relied much on the previous judgements. Furthermore, there have
Electoral Bonds case: An Analysis of its contributions to the Test of Arbitrariness Read More »
Introduction In Association of Democratic Reforms v. Union of India, the Supreme Court dealt a significant blow to the Electoral Bond Scheme, declaring it unconstitutional on the grounds of violating the fundamental right to information enshrined in Article 19(1)(a) of the Constitution. However, it notably refrained from delving into the procedural challenge to its enactment-
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