On November 10, 2022, Palak purchases an electoral bond from a branch of the State Bank of India, and hands it over to a representative of the PPP. The next day, the PPP announces that it has changed its candidates for the upcoming elections in Palak’s State. Upset at this news, she tells a PPP representative that she would like her bond back. The representative tells her that the bond has already been deposited, and that the money has been credited to the party’s account. Palak claims that since the period of validity of the bonds has not expired, she has the right to get her bond back from the party. Is she right?

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The police release Bhargesh, but to ensure that he does not disturb the public peace, they ask the magistrate to issue an order under Section 117 of the CrPC, directing Bhargesh to provide a security of ₹ 1,00,000/- for his good behaviour and to ensure he maintains the peace, whi…

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Sunil is a high-ranking officer of the union government. While scrolling through his timeline on a social media platform, he notices some posts by Sachin, a private businessman, which he finds objectionable. He sends an order to Unreal, the company that owns that social media pla…

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Two days later, the police obtain an order from the magistrate directing Bhargesh to provide them his photographs. As Bhargesh continues to refuse to provide his photographs, regular police constable forces him to stand still and takes his photographs. Bhargesh files a case in co…

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Some days later, Sunil notices another post from Sachin on Unreal’s social media platform; this post contains some highly sensitive information about the country’s defence policies. He issues an order to Unreal, that the post must be blocked since it divulges the government’s con…

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On October 15, 2022, the police detain Bhargesh under a preventive Section of the CrPC, since they believe that he had plans to disturb the public peace during a festival day. They then tell Bhargesh that he must provide his measurements to them for their records. Bhargesh refuse…

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Sunil sends Unreal a third blocking order. Unreal claims that this order too was invalid. Upset with Unreal for claiming that all his blocking orders were invalid, Sunil sends them a letter in which he says, “if you do not comply with my blocking orders, then I will be forced to…

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Bhargesh is later released by the police because they are unable to find enough evidence to make a strong case against him. On October 5, 2022, the police receive a complaint alleging that Bhargesh had beaten up his neighbour and caused the neighbour severe injuries. They ask the…

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Complying with a fourth blocking order that they receive from Sunil, Unreal blocks Sachin’s account, since his posts were seen as increasingly objectionable by the government. Sachin asks Unreal to share the reasons for the blocking order, which they do, yet Sachin claims the blo…