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+{{htmlmetatags>metatag-keywords=(electoral bonds RTI, ADR judgment, ECI disclosure, electoral bonds aftermath, election funding RTI)
+metatag-description=(After the SC struck down Electoral Bonds, what RTI tools now exist for election-funding transparency? A practical 2026 update.)}}
+====== Electoral Bonds judgment aftermath ======
+{{:social:auto:rti-and-electoral-bonds-judgment-aftermath.png?direct&1200 |Electoral Bonds judgment aftermath — RTI Wiki}}
+In **Association for Democratic Reforms v. UoI (Feb 2024)**, the Supreme Court struck down the Electoral Bonds Scheme as unconstitutional. The aftermath created **new RTI handles** for election-funding transparency.
+===== What the judgment did =====
+  - Struck down EBs as unconstitutional violation of Article 19(1)(a).
+  - Directed **SBI to disclose donor-bond pairings**.
+  - Directed **ECI to publish** the data.
+  - Affirmed **voter right to know** funding sources.
+===== What citizens can now RTI =====
+  * **ECI for past EB disclosures** — already on ECI website but RTI clarifies missing data.
+  * **Income-tax department** for donor-side scrutiny — limited per privacy.
+  * **State election commissions** for state-level expenditures.
+  * **Audited accounts** of national parties (Subhash Chandra Agrawal v. INC 2013).
+===== What is still hard to RTI =====
+  * **Cash donations < Rs. 2,000** — outside reporting; no paper trail.
+  * **Political party internal records** — see ongoing litigation.
+  * **Electoral trusts** — partial disclosure.
+===== Practical drafting =====
+  - File to **CEO (state election commissioner)** for state-level.
+  - Frame around **published-data verification** to avoid §8(1)(j).
+  - Cite **ADR (2024) + Subhash Chandra Agrawal (2013)** as foundation.
+===== Sources =====
+  - Association for Democratic Reforms v. UoI (Feb 2024).
+  - Subhash Chandra Agrawal v. Indian National Congress (CIC 2013).
+  - ECI website disclosures.
+//Last reviewed: 25 April 2026.//
+{{tag>blog electoral-bonds ADR-judgment ECI political-funding right-to-know}}