ISTContext•Facts•Perspective
Answering petitions over Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar's decisions, the poll body says every SIR order was unanimous, but concedes that its online voter form could be read as an amendment it had no power to make.
In February 2024 a five-judge bench held that the electoral bonds scheme violated voters' right to information. What the scheme was, what the court said and what it revealed.
Every candidate for Parliament or an assembly must file a sworn affidavit listing pending criminal cases, assets, liabilities and education. Where to find it and what to look for.
The Tenth Schedule was meant to stop MLAs and MPs switching sides for money or office. Four decades on, the delay in deciding disqualification petitions is its biggest weakness.
Asked in our reporting. Not yet answered by those in power.
Parties, power and the decisions made in their name.
All Politics ›Voter rolls, the Election Commission and how India votes.
All Elections ›The Supreme Court, high courts and the rights of citizens.
All Courts & Rights ›Parliament, ministries, audits and how public money is spent.
All Governance ›The laws and institutions behind the headlines, in plain words.
All Explained ›
