Association for Democratic Reforms v. Union of India

Association for Democratic Reforms v. Union of India., 2024 INSC 113, also known as Electoral Bonds case, was a landmark judgement by the Supreme Court of India that struck down the Electoral Bonds Scheme of 2018 finding it unconstitutional and in violation of the voters' right to information enshrined in Article 19(1)(a) of the Constitution.^[1][2] The court also struck down amendments to Section 182 of the Companies Act, 2013^[3] which regulates contributions to political parties by companies as well as amendments made to the Income Tax Act and the Representation of People Act which had made the donations anonymous.^[4]

Association for Democratic Reforms v. Union of India
Court	Supreme Court of India
Full case name	Association for Democratic Reforms and Ors. v. Union of India and Ors
Decided	15 February 2024
Docket nos.	Writ Petition (C) No. 880 of 2017
Citation	2024 INSC 113
Court membership
Judges sitting	D. Y. Chandrachud (CJI), Sanjiv Khanna, B. R. Gavai, J.B. Pardiwala, Manoj Misra
Case opinions
The Supreme Court struck down the Electoral Bonds Scheme of 2018 as unconstitutional, citing violations of voters’ right to information and democratic transparency.
Keywords
Electoral Bonds Scheme, Political Funding, Right to Information, Article 19(1)(a), Transparency

The judgement was delivered by a five-judge constitution bench led by Chief Justice Chandrachud with Justices Sanjiv Khanna, B.R. Gavai, J.B. Pardiwala, and Manoj Misra.^[4]