RIGHT TO INFORMATION VS RIGHT TO DONOR PRIVACY: DECONSTRUCTING THE ELECTORAL BONDS JUDGEMENT
Introduction On 15February, a five-judge Constitution Bench led by Chief Justice D.Y. Chandrachud unanimously held the Union govt’s Electoral Bond Scheme (EBS) to be unconstitutional in its judgement in Association for Democratic Norms v Union of India. It also held the amendments in Representation of the People Act 1951 (RPA), Companies Act 2013, and the …