Anonymous no more: What Supreme Court said in electoral bonds judgment & why it matters
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- Опубліковано 31 тра 2024
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Five-judge Constitution bench has struck down electoral bonds & amendments made to various laws to pave the way for the scheme, as unconstitutional. In Episode 1400 of Cut The Clutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta summarises the Supreme Court’s reasons for lifting the shroud of anonymity surrounding political funding since 2018.
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It takes courage to give such judgements. Kudos dear Supreme Court 🙏🏻
Can't say the same for the politicians.
Why is it a matter of Courage to deliver Justice within framework of constitution ? Judicial branch is independent and not influenced by other bodies.
@@amoghpswamy9225maybe not courage, but morality and a backbone is required to say no to the kind of quid pro quo justice Gogoi received when he was nominated as a Rajya Sabha member exactly 4 months after completion of his tenure as the CJI.
I am really unsure how this will be good judgement... already this will be now done illegally and now lot of black money will flow in market as funding... At least they would have given some guidelines for funding
@@mukulshukla6280 nobody is stopping the government from issuing these bonds but without the anonymity
What's good to know is that these judges are in line for the CJI chair.
This verdict has made our 'leaders' look very sleazy and slimey .
@@xcel5203napoleon nehru winner of wars agree
It must be MANDATORY for judges to reveal their assets at least once a year!!
It took 7 long years, but thankfully my country still has a functioning Supreme Court.
Dysfunctional and fallacious judgements.
@MrAntonysimon why?
Before electoral bonds parties were mostly funded by black money. Electoral bonds are not the best solution but definitely a step in the right direction. At least we knew where and how much the money was coming from. But now we are back from where we started. SC is run by people and people err, certainly in this issue.
Previous spineless CJIs dismissed/ deferred the plea against electoral bonds from 2019-22 ..Late but better late than never... but do people really care if manipulative covert functions of political parties are revealed? ..Many are in an intoxicated blind illiterate mode!
@@pranshurajput two wrongs don't make a right. By this logic since robberies will happen why incur loss by adding locks.
One can argue from left, right, or center of it but this is fundamentally a good decison.
Like I said, my friend, every now and then a moment comes when you say something works in our democracy... this verdict is an example of that. I hope you liked this video. Do keep watching and writing in...best wishes, Shekhar
@@ThePrintIndia
India is not w democracy ..its a republic.
..democracy is just the tool used to elect the adminsitrative legislative part of the republic ..
Judiciary is a part of the republic...as guardian of the constitution ..
Thank you@@ThePrintIndia
NO!! Judges haven't revealed the INCREASE in their assets because of this decision!!
@@kaydee3407ignore kardiya haha
Every political party finance should be as transparent as a listed company
No, the problem is , let say if my company or myself give a donation to X party, and then Y party comes to power, there would be possible retaliation from the Govt of Y party on me or my company.
So donor cannot be disclosed.
@@subhadeepmandal9639This is where you are wrong and don't understand how transparency works. Since you are already known to be a donor of X party and if Y party comes to power and retaliates against you, everyone will know you were retaliated against because you donated to X party, and then public would be angry at the vicious party and kick them out of power and X party would be back on again. So, Y party is smart enough to understand this and will not retaliate. It will in fact try to be more neutral than you would assume.
@@subhadeepmandal9639 But that donation was made for getting certain advantage which is infact illegal. If u want to donate do it in a personal capacity
Current electoral bond also rule party can easy trace. Which company gave electoral bond to which party. In this amendment loss making company or shell company can also donate amount to political party. That is very dangerous
@@subhadeepmandal9639I understand your concern but you have to balance this against the possibility of crony capitalism that arises from anonymity.
Also, what kind of retaliating action can a government take against a company which has done no wrong? I'm sure if a company is doing something wrong the government can get some investigative agencies on them but if they haven't done anything wrong there isn't much that the government can do keeping in mind how powerful these organisations are just by the means of money they have available.
And as explained in the video, SBI has this information anyways. So, when the other party comes in power, they can still get to know who's donating to the opposition party. Which tips the scale of power completely in the favour of the ruling party.
I vote for BJP but I hope in the next 5 years they don't try to remove the collegiate system and compromise SC's independence. We need an independent judiciary at all costs. Mind you this is the same SC that ruled in favour of Art370 and Ram Mandir too. The fact that they manage to piss off both the bhakts and the liberandus is a good thing.
They will try
Can't agree more
As a voter of INC, I agree with you. Surely Honorable Supreme Court has given bad time to both Lundbhakts & Librandus.
Cheers ❤
then maybe you should not vote for the BJP but instead vote for a stronger opposition instead to save this country
They do need to change it - Judiciary is one thing that's driving investors away and Collegium has failed us miserably - just look at case pendency.
Justice Gogoi had made apparent that even the Supreme court was an extension of the government but the judgements that have come in since the appointment of justice DY Chandrachud have restored the faith of common man in the justice system.
Common man can’t afford to go to courts.😂 Just visit an advocate for consultation. Ask him for receipt for payment. You then understand how india is governed.
BS!! Where is transparency in COLONIAL dynastic control of "collegial system" ???!! There is also ZERO obligation to disclose supreme court judges assets or efficiency of the justice system for the common man!!
Come on. Chandrachud when Gogoi was CJI was part of many benches which gave orders in favour of BJP also. Our highest court is extremely professional in this regard and doesn't look at cases through political angles.
Simple, Justice Gogoi got a bungalow delhi by being RS MP, where as Justice DY Chandrachud believe that you cannot cheat a Honest Man!!!
Because Gogoi ruled in favor of Hindus in Ram Mandir case?
In the words of the great Atal ji, "Desh rehna chahiye, Partiyan aati jaati rahengi" with that i clicked the subscribe button, Long live the republic of India.
In this case I stand strongly in favour of quashing electoral bonds. Either quash it or keep the information open to the public.
True and encourage cash spending. Wah what a genius idea.😂
the why anonymity , chuti%y@@@rajasekhar7814
It’s not just ADR. I was a political party itself, CPM. Why Shekhar Gupta has inhibition in acknowledging CPM, who refused to take fund through electoral bonds, and indeed filed litigation against it.
No !!! I disagree ..... All we need to know is who bought how many Electoral Bonds ---- Who they gave it to and why is NOT IMPORTANT.
By the same Logic the same system can demand after the results who I/we have voted for and then try and tally that information with the results to conclude that there is a flaw in the Voting !!! I would be 😂😂😂 but it is a silly & dangerous situation that we are in today thats due to the Judges sense of fairness !!!
Shekhar gupta is jealous of CPIM 😊
What do you even want to say brother? I see a wall of text but they don't make much sense...
ADR, Common cause, CPI(M), all are leftists. They are always accused of taking money from China. In reality China does not give them any money. So they filed this petition out of jealousy - to show who really gets money from china. But three weeks time is quite sufficient to change the names of Byjus, Paytm, Oppo India and Vivo India etc to Bhavesh Bhai and Jignesh Bhai.
SGs allergy to left and love of right is so well known.
It will make ZERO impact on parties. Everyone will go back to the good old days of black money funding.
ok you can tell the future?
they already do. Do you think BJP pays politicians in white to switch parites?
In no way the magnitude of black money funding, whatsoever, can match with what was happening with anonymous legal electoral bonds. Please learn to embrace change.
@@Ashwyn123it was far worse prior to electoral bonds. Electoral bonds cleaned up a lot of black money and made donations taxable.
@@Silence.580bc it is not. It doesn't change anything and can be argued makes things worse. Now doners will be subject to harassment from political parties.
A decision too late is as good as a decision never made. SC is guilty of this.
You can blame justice Gogoi for this, he gave a lot of decisions in favour of the government, refrained from giving any judgement against the government and got a Rajya Sabha seat in return exactly 4 months after he stepped down as the CJI
@@abhishektyagi2128
So he delayed hearing this case ?
@@abhishektyagi2128
Didnt he have a case of sexual harassment
It came before the 2024 elections
Justice Gogoi is now enjoying status of BJPs MP😂
“All within the state, nothing outside the state, nothing against the state.”
Italian Dictator, Benito Mussolini
Fascist Modani’s idol
Still no coverage on #Sandeshkhali. Are you waiting for people to forget this barbaric atrocity because it doesn’t suit the political narrative? WE WILL KEEP REMINDING YOU.
Fuck Sandeshkhali. Stop pestering Shekhar.
who is we? is it some group tryping to push a narrative?
Very appropriate and vital point you have raised ! Shekhar Gupta can barely disguise his lack of sensitivity to sufferings of Hindu women in a Muslim majority mohokukuma town of Bengal ! I am born and raised in Bengal so I know what I am talking about ! And this is the reason I will never subscribe to The Print !
I don't think sandesh Khali deserves cut the clutter yet
For now its an accusation ( though I think it's true) , the witness gave speech to governor and for now court has taken pseudo motto
So I guess it will take time until there is more discovery
Who is we?
It's an unfortunate day for some people.
Where was "Good Faith" in this law?
Forget about it being anonymous, it has other problems -
1. Earlier a business man could give only some part of der profit to political parties. Now they can give everything.
2. This was passed as a money bill. It was enough indicators of so-called good faith.
3. The government knows everything but the opposition cannot. How it is done in good intention.
Your handle shows how leftist woke fk you are🤣🤦 you seems like a typical Congressi chamcha bcoz they are completely influenced by their colonial masters n follows them till this day. Your handle shows te same. You are more influenced by west than your own civilization 🤦
Well said "Some things works in our Democracy".
Its back to suitcases of notes !!! Happy ?
@@ganeshdore it's not. Listen to the judgement again.
Bro, are you stupid , judgment makes the electoral bonds illegal but it doesn't need to be stop except it is needed to be made more transparent.@@IndianArma
@@IndianArma which line in the judgement , please.
@@ganeshdoreYou should upgrade to Google pay, no?
This is nothing less than a scam....
This judgement of SC deepens our faith and pride in Indian democracy. Trust in the SC has gone up a notch. The impunity with which the govt of the day brought in such abominable changes making electoral funding opaque shows cracks in carefully create facade of non - corrupt conduct.
Oh! Really! The election funding was transparent before? Please explain how?
Trust in SC. Agreed.Let the judiciary come under RTI, after all the judgement calls for transparency. Totally agree.
You people are just hopeless. Ram mandir, article 370? SC is a BJP stooge. Electoral bonds? SC is the pride of democracy.
Seriously which one is it?
This verdict is certainly a moment when one says something works in our democracy....thank you for writing in, Awadhesh...best wishes, Shekhar
BS!!
In the name of transparency and also with the promise of keeping black money out, we had created a system that was entirely black. The whole system was a black box. And that black box now had been broken by the SC.
Thanks for this nice conclusion Shekhar Sir.
The judgement given by the supreme court is really great and this gives us confidence that our democracy is immortal. Thanks to Mr. Shekhar for making it simple for us.
Wait for the government to pass an ordinance nullifying the order
Despite the optimism, the judgement won't materially change anything with regards to Political funding.
Why you might wonder?
The judgement doesn't change the fundamentals of political financing.
To illustrate what I mean, consider the following. Today, a Tata might donate money to a party thru SBI and it's gaurantee of privacy, tomorrow after the judgement Tata will do the same thing with several layers of shell companies. It's essentially the same system that worked under the UPA.
I don’t think Tata’s / Birla’s / Hindustan levers / Reliance / Adani’s etc. need shell companies.
U mean if u cant stop black money with legislature and police make it legal through bonds lol
@@tapemajThey do. He is right and it's not necessarily through Shell companies either. Electoral funding is to buy influence over the Govt. In a transparent system, a big donation draws immediate attention. Now companies wishing to donate 100 crores would distribute it over a network of say 100 proxies donating 1 crore each.
@@tapemaj I disagree. They have used shell companies to fund political campaigns and pay haftas. The transactions done by them through shell companies (during UPA) are actually all available in the open if you know where to look for it. Sometimes the same transactions takes the form stock manipulation of small cap firms. IMO, invariably the judgement has made things worse - the guarantee of privacy allowed Tatas/Birlas etc. to be more direct about their political funding instead of resorting masking it's transactions.
@@libshastra Sir , I know it all !
I live in Jersey 🇯🇪 Channel Islands !!
Can’t mention everything in public domain 😀
Good to hear you sir, stating BJP "was ill motivated". Be careful of funding...
Wah Shekharji " the only way to keep democracies perfect is by not accepting they are perfect"
what a line.
Good verdict
Shekhar's Logic on the use of the UPI as a Transparent Means is EXCELLENT !
Awesome victory to democracy & constitution, ain't flashy but teflon will start to dissolve wid this. Judicial system needs few reforms but whole heartedly supporting this judgement.
Thank youshekar sir for the latest on Supreme Court verdict on Electoral Bonds.
Finally court stuck down this crap . Now reveal those names.
Rs 2000 crores over a six year period is Rs 333 Crores per year ..
Peanuts !!!
@@ganeshdore
Give back the peanuts! Let that amount go to build basic health structure!
@@mg.f.9023basic structures isn't being built by corporates. Are you stupid or what? This will just make the return of good old cash funding from black money suitcases. Now you won't be able to have the transperancy nor the clean funding to the parties. Any outside power can influence your political parties with their illegal fundings🤦
Instead of striking down the law, it should be amendment of the law to make it more transparency such as giving name. By striking down the law, it enables more black money to political parties, it will be worse.
Electoral bond itself was a form of black money gobar bhakt
MANMOHAN SINGH'S GOVT WAS THE CLEANEST POSSIBLE GOVT IN INDIA RUN BY CLEANEST MAN WITH NOBLE PURPOSE OF UPLIFTING THE POOR. MODI'S GOVT IS THE DIRTIEST POSSIBLE GOVT RUN BY MOST CORRUPT MAN OF INDIA. THIS IS THE BJP STYLE DANCE OF DEMOCRACY BEGAN IN 2014.
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True 👍
Haha from.coal.scam.to common wealth loot looting of MNREGA fund by middle men journalist influencing the portfolio and lutyens controlling the governance and the journalist enjoying the foreign tour everything happened under scamgress
They took it from one extreme to another
It really was much needed judgement for our democracy to thrive.... Good work SC
Let us take a moment to salute SG for recording a staggering 1400 episodes of CTC!
That's very kind of you. Thank you, my friend....do keep watching, best wishes, Shekhar
This is definitely a great decision. Next we need Judicial reforms.
SC should ban present EVMS election system immediately which is very doubtful. We will follow old paper ballot election system .
Yeah n take us all to good old election rigging days just like recently happened in pakistan🤣🙌 which used to happen throughout UP n bihar by gundas there. Taking over the booths n taking ballet papers or changing it🤣🤦 seems like you are one of those uneducated fools🤦
Haha then ask.the scamgress to dissolve karnataka telangana and Himachal state govt😂
This judgement will have long positive effect on our countries democracy.
It shouldn't take this long for such judgements😢
This program has taken upon itself the "Burden of Solving All the Complications, Technicalities & Mysteries". Keep it up...👍
After 60 years of Independence and Congress/ UPA rule, what was done to bring transparency in Political funding ?
Would love to hear and learn.
For an answer, you would have to wait till Coupta @ The Print is in his Congress paid Pakistani grave!!
Supreme Court took a very good decision on electoral bonds and political parties should be made to pay income tax on those income.
CPM is the only political party which declared not to take donation via electoral bond. CPM started a legal struggle against electoral bond fraud and now came out victorious. Modia, Godi media, bhakts supported it, good to know you were one of them.
Lol seems like thet didn't wanted clean money bcoz nobody was going to give it to them so they just chose tye chinese money of their masters. Show how intelligent you are🤣 no wonder you support CPM🤣🙌 taking cash funding which can be given by illegal people like terror organisation, other countries, mafias, smugglers, drug dealers etc is great according to you🤣
BJP-RSS all decisions went wrong whether demonetisation, farm laws , lockdown or electoral bond but andhbhakts are dancing with decisions......🤣🤣🤣🤣
Most Corrupt governance can shekar agree ?
Good that anonymity has been removed from funding of Congress-communist-momin alliance. Chinese, Soros, Canada, Gulf money to these political parties and NGOs must be stopped. Next, seize the foreign money going to media. The day Chinese, Soros, foreign funding of Wire, The hindu, Satya Hindi, Print, Quint, NewsLaundi, Ravish Rajdeep, Barkha, etc etc are stopped, India will start making more progress.
Great to see all citizens united behind this excellent judgement. Transparency is the key to the strong democracy.
10 years of loot. Someone should be sent to the big house! Next PM fund and Chanda Chors!
The conclusion of this whole thing is, we didn't know which company was giving how much money to which party in electoral bonds and we will not the know the same going forward caus they will use shell companies do that so we the people didn't gaine anything out of this drama that sucks 😢
Shell companies have to still comply with the companies act, which means the data is there for people to find if somebody wants to investigate shell companies. Electoral bonds made that impossible.
Salute to you Sir.
Fantastic, Supreme Court of India ! U have upheld the values of this great Country ! U have peeled off the cow coat the BJP govt was wearing and exposed their ugly inside ! We r really proud of u🎉
Political parties will always find many other ways... And every alternative will similarly be non transparent.
Thank you for the information
A wonderful informative episode explaining the crux of the issue & judgement. And truly liked the way you explained the Byju imbroglio (my interpretation, not SG's and he has legally protected himself brilliantly).
Interesting to see, how Govt will respond, Can they file a curative petition.?
This quid pro quo is a joke...
Which company anywhere in the world donates to any political party without expecting something in return. 🤔🤔
Very informative. Good judgment by the Court.
Justice Chandrachood will always be remembered for his bold and courageous decisions.
Bold occasionally, he is unpredictable, his judgement in 370 is fallacious. His judgement of not stopping the toppling of the maharashtra govt, raises doubt on his objectivity.
It's unfair that the accounts that have encashed these bonds haven't been frozen indefinitely until further funding laws have been clarified
Great decision 🎉
An excellent coverage Shekhar, this really cut the clutter. And, kudos to the Supreme Court.
Proper decluttering SG. Kudos SC and SG 😉
Thank you, Hari. I'm glad you found this episode insightful...best wishes, Shekhar
Be absolutely sure - no political party ever wants transparency in political funding. If they are committed to transparency then the first thing they should do is make audited financials of parties, public and subject every party to RTI. That will be a start
He seems so happy ...and excited.😅😅
SG is becoming naive. 😂 Don't you think the BJP didn't know what they were doing? The secrecy in electoral bonds was deliberately done with mala fide intention!
Good for the country.
SG really enjoyed explaining it 😁😁
Movement forward and out of suitcases of cash through the electoral bonds was a step forward. Now the SC has pushed all political parties back to "containers of cash".
Suitcases are no longer sufficient!
Transparency is must for all transactions of not only political parties but also all religious institutions and trusts
CJI must be shocked by all these figures... He has to avoid being one sided anymore..... shame
Instead of Cutting Clutter, He is adding confusion to the clutter not to annoy the powers that be
Better latre than never. Well done , SC !
The Supreme Court has passed the justified order, having struck down the anonymous part of the Electoral Bonds. It was a bad and hypocritical decision by the Modi Government. SG is delighted on this issue.
But now black money will reign supreme
@@rationaloperator4165 Anonymous Election Bonds were no less than black money.
@@satyasingalbut it is not black money. It is donated through banks . There can be a trail of transactions. Problem was anonymity not electoral bonds itself. Now , the cash will move in suit cases.
@@user-zk7cw2qk4z it is made by ammending the certain act such amendment declared unconstitutional by supreme court.
A wise judgement will give suggestions to eradicate black money in elections. What is the alternative to Bonds? As an educated Indian give your wise opinion how to conduct corruption free elections.
Finally something the opposite has done correct!
Very clearly and nicely covered
Shareholders not asking for where the funds are going , makes them complicit. A great robbery
Secret bond-ing between Ruling party and corporates struck off
Haha scamgress is also a subscriber of electoral bonds
The search for perfection is the enemy of the good.
The SC decision fits the above perfectly.
Precious Right to Information here, is ignored by judiciary in collegium affairs and disclosure of assets of judges.
Sure after we know how much money govt made
Oh God !!! Please pass u r “ Double Proportionality Standards “ Judgement on Large Scale Corruption in my Country ; Legitimate Aim is to erase Corruption and punish the Criminals , the Restriction is Wealthy people ( rather Politicians) can escape the Jaws of Law ; So many cases have piled up awaiting Judgement and most of the criminals are on bail ; Jail is an exception ; Some are even shouting inside the Parliament
Does this mean that electoral bonds issued for the previous election will also be made transparent?
Great Move
Brilliant 👏
The principle of secret ballots should be done away with. Public has a right to know who voted for whom.
How will the courts enforce requirements that contributions are only made by legitimate channels and not by cash? Can the SC be realistic about what they can actually enforce the legal compliance rather than idealistic value judgements. 78 years is independence and supreme Court has not been about to curb black money and just piled up lakhs of pending cases
Very well explained sir...thank you
Thank you for watching and writing in, Steven. I'm glad you found this episode insightful...best wishes, Shekhar
This is both good and bad. We need electoral bonds, but transparent.😊
"That is the nature of Democracy. We must complain". 🤔🤨😌
This should usher in Ram rajya which is scaring Ram bhakts.
Good one
Amazing Mr. Gupta.
Very good
remarkable judgement by supreme court
Politics - Hugee Money 💰💰😀👍
I think the horses have bolted and we are closing the barn gates too late. Going by the smug reaction of people like Mr Ravi Shankar Prasad (who, we all know claims to be above everything-Doodh ka dhulaya hua), BJP seems to have covered its tracks
Editor of the video, editorial team is getting fire for this Video's improper cuts. We enjoyed Shekhar sir's bloopers 😂😂
The PM fund has to be investigated too. Another source of black money.
Why are you celebrating the striking down of a law? Now they go back to old method. You are happy with the old method of donations??
Can it not.be coinef Banana Republic ...???
Disappointing judgement on Manish Sisodia 's bail application after strong observations to the contrary just few days before!!Why??
Heartening to see
*@Shekhar Gupta, where is the cut the curler of farm protest 2.0 ., it's already 4th day..!*
sir thank you
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