The Citizen’s Right to Know
It needs to be reiterated that the judgement is not about disqualifying people from contesting elections, it is about disclosure of the criminal background of the candidates, if any.India is…
Electoral transparency and integrity
Transparency, disclosure, integrity and reform across India’s electoral system.
Reforming the electoral system
THE founding fathers of the newly independent India resolved to constitute the country into a ‘democratic republic’.A democracy, according to one definition, is ‘the form of government in which the…
Reforming the electoral system
The Court must fill the void
The Election Commission’s decision to implement the recent Supreme Court judgment to make information about criminal background of candidates available to voters, has stirred a hornet’s nest. It has been…