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May 2002 and March 2003: ADR's petitions resulted in a landmark judgment by the Supreme Court of India by making it mandatory for the candidates contesting elections to
Parliament and State Assemblies to file self-sworn affidavits (Form 26) declaring full information regarding their criminal, financial and educational background. •
April 2008: ADR obtained a landmark ruling from the Central Information Commission (CIC) stating that Income Tax Returns of Political Parties would now be available in the public domain along with the assessment orders. •
June 2011: After a two-year-long RTI battle, crucial information on the 'Registers of Members' Interest' was finally mandated by CIC to be available in the public domain in June 2011. The Second report of the 'Committee on Ethics' of the Lok Sabha mentions ADR's recommendations to instate a Register of Members' Interest to disclose the business and financial interests of the members on the same lines as that of the Rajya Sabha. •
June 2013: The Central Information Commission (CIC) in an effort towards making political parties transparent as well as accountable in their functioning, declared the six national parties BJP, INC, BSP, CPI, CPI(M), and NCP as public authorities. All six parties refused to comply with CIC's order. In 2015, a petition was filed by ADR in the Supreme Court to implement CIC's order by bringing them under the preview of the Right to Information Act, 2005. •
July 2013: Supreme Court delivered a Judgment on a petition filed by Lily Thomas and Lok Prahari NGO, (ADR Intervened) setting aside clause 8(4) of the Representation of the People Act. As a result of which sitting MPs and MLAs were barred from holding office on being Convicted in a Court of Law. •
September 2013: ADR had also intervened in the petition filed by
Common Cause for having a separate button on the Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) with the option of 'None of the Above (NOTA).' The Supreme Court gave a favorable ruling on 27 September 2013 and the NOTA button was inserted in the EVM machines for the Lok Sabha elections in 2014. •
May 2014: The Delhi High Court issued notices to the Government of India and the Election Commission on a petition filed by ADR to monitor election expenditure of political parties. •
August 2016: Prof. Trilochan Sastry, Chairman of ADR, represented ADR at the 3rd Asian Electoral Stakeholder Forum (AESF III) conference in Bali, Indonesia. •
February 2018: On a petition of Lok Prahari regarding the disproportionate asset increase of the MPs & MLAs, Supreme Court made it mandatory for candidates to declare sources of income of spouses & dependents in Form 26 of affidavits. ADR intervened in the matter & also provided all the necessary data. •
March 2023: On ADR's petition challenging the constitutional validity of the practice of the appointment of Chief Election Commissioner and Election Commissioners by the Executive, the Supreme Court gave a landmark judgment in favour of ADR by directing the appointment of Members of the Election Commission to be done on the advice of a committee comprising the Prime Minister, Chief Justice of India and the Leader of Opposition (or the leader of the single largest opposition party) in the Lok Sabha. •
February 2024: On ADR's petition challenging the Finance Act, 2017; Electoral Bonds and Removal of company's limit, the Supreme Court gave a landmark judgment in favour of ADR by holding the anonymous, unregulated and unlimited funding through electoral bonds and companies as unconstitutional. •
April 2024: The Supreme Court refused ADR's prayer for counting of 100% VVPATs in all EVMs but
directed ECI to: • seal and store Symbol Loading Unit (SLU) for a period of 45 days and • a system of cross-verification on a request made by candidates in serial numbers 2 and 3 within 7 days after the declaration of results. == ADR Reports ==