Restoring Electoral Equilibrium in the Wake of Electoral Bonds Scheme for Electoral Donations

This Essay attempts to capture and describe the fundamental tension that now exists in the Indian electoral funding system and considers the issues this tension presents for electoral politics in general. Instead of building a case for, or against, the constitutionality of the Electoral Bonds Scheme, this paper argues that the Electoral Bonds Scheme has created a dystopic system for donations that lends itself to no quick and simple remedy. The Electoral Bonds Scheme poses difficult questions about whether the Parliament can remedy this situation or whether the situation is remediable only by the Supreme Court