On November 15, 2022, the Government issues another notification, announcing that from that date onwards, only political parties that have received at least 1% of the votes polled in the last elections to the Lok Sabha, or the last elections to the Legislative Assembly of a State, would be eligible to receive and deposit electoral bonds. In the sale of the 24th tranche of electoral bonds, Palak decides to give the electoral bonds she has purchased to the newly formed more Popular People’s Party (the “MPPP”), which is likely to win the first elections it would be contesting, in July 2023. Is the MPPP eligible to receive the electoral bonds?

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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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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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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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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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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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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…

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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 fifth blocking order, which says that several of Sachin’s latest posts must be blocked. The blocking order sets out several reasons why the posts should be blocked, but Unreal does not find them satisfactory. Rather than take on another fight with a governmen…