ADR, plutocrat Bill, Finance Act, Constitution

Citizens Have No Fundamental Right to Know of Source of Political Funding

Keywords ADR, plutocrat Bill, Finance Act, Constitution The solicitation filed by the association of Popular Reforms( ADR), challenges The finance act, 2017 which was legislated as a plutocrat bill. The Act also removed the former limit of7.5 of the company’s average three- time net profit for political donations.As per the scheme, a company isn’t needed to name the political parties to which similar benefactions are made. The benefactors name are also not revealed to the general public.Our constitution has given us right to know but subdue to certain restrictionsSo Attorney General R Venkataramani said “ there can be no general right to know” anything and everything” without being subordinated to reasonable restrictions ”.Citizens don’t have the right to information under Composition 19( 1)( a) of the Constitution regarding the backing of a political party.farther He added that just because courts have ruled that citizens have the right to know a seeker’s felonious antecedents, that can not be extended to knowledge about funding through electoral bonds.The matter was posted for hail in front of Chief JusticeD.Y. Chandrachud- led bench on Read more

Batliboi Environmental Engineers Limited V Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited And Another

Batliboi Environmental Engineers Limited V Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited And Another

CITATION -2023INSC850 DATE OF JUDGMENT Sep 21, 2023 COURT  Supreme Court of India APPELLENT Batliboi Environmental Engineers Limited     RESPONDENT Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited And Another BENCH J.SANJIV KHANNA, J. M.M. SUNDRESH INTRODUCTION: Arbitration has gained popularity as an alternative method for resolving disputes due to its advantages in terms Read more

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