Top Law News NGO moves SC against electoral bonds scheme ahead of Bihar assembly polls October 29, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Ahead of Bihar Assembly elections, an NGO has moved the Supreme Court seeking urgent hearing of its 2017 PIL challenging the 2018 Electoral Bonds Scheme meant for funding political parties. The NGO, ‘Association for Democratic Reforms’, had earlier also moved a similar plea seeking stay on the scheme ahead of Delhi Assembly polls in January […] Read more » Association for Democratic Reforms Bihar Assembly elections
Top Law News The Right To Know About Criminal Contestants. March 27, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment National Election Watch (NEW) and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) have analysed the self-sworn affidavits of 8163 candidates out of 8230 candidates who have contested in the Lok Sabha 2014 Elections and discovered: Candidates with Criminal Cases: Out of the 8163 candidates analysed, 1398 (17%) candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves. Out of 7810 […] Read more » ADR Association for Democratic Reforms Candidates with Criminal Cases Candidates with Serious Criminal Cases National Election Watch new Section 33B
Top Law News CIC order on parties: RTI applicants file caveat in HC June 6, 2013 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on CIC order on parties: RTI applicants file caveat in HC A caveat was on Wednesday filed in the Delhi High Court to pre-empt any ex-parte stay on the Central Information Commission order bringing political parties under the purview of Right to Information Act. The Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR), a civil society claiming to bring transparency in Indian politics, on whose plea the CIC had […] Read more » ADR Association for Democratic Reforms Central Information Commission CIC CIC order on parties: RTI applicants file caveat in HC Delhi High Court national news news Right to Information Act RTI Act. todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Government doesn’t protect whistleblowers: activists September 19, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Nandi Singh, 40, was hacked to death in a remote village in Assam. His crime: he blew the whistle on misappropriation in the local public distribution system (PDS). His killing in Dhemaji village came even as a bill for protection of whistleblowers was listed in Rajya Sabha both during the budget and monsoon sessions but […] Read more » Anil Bairwal Association for Democratic Reforms Bairwal of Election watch criticized the hijacking BJP protests over the allocation of coal blocks Convention Against Corruption Government doesn't protect whistleblowers: activists hacked to death by a gang in Tiruvannamalai in Tamil Nadu K Rajmohan Chandra laws like lokpal bill local public distribution system Nandi Singh Nandi Singh was hacked to death National Coordinator of National Election Watch Nigambodh ghat cremation ground Protection of whistleblowers is endorsed by the United Nations RTI crusader Subhash Agrawal whistleblower's aim ultimately is to expose corruption whistleblowers group whistleblowers protection bill
