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Association for Democratic Reforms
Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) is an apolitical, non-partisan nonprofit organisation registered in India, working on electoral and political reforms for over 25 years.
ADR came into existence in 1999 when a group of Professors from the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Ahmedabad filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) with the Delhi High Court regarding the disclosure of the criminal, financial, and educational background of the candidates contesting elections. The PIL was upheld by the Delhi High Court in 2000, but the Government of India appealed to the Supreme Court of India against the High Court judgment. However, in 2002 and subsequently in 2003, the Supreme Court made it mandatory for all the candidates contesting elections to disclose their criminal, financial, and educational background prior to the polls by filing an affidavit with the Election Commission of India.
ADR was co-founded by Trilochan Sastry, Jagdeep S. Chhokar, Ajit Ranade, and others. It is headed by Maj. Gen. Anil Verma (Retd.). Mr. Jaskirat Singh Vipul Mudgal and others are the trustees.
The objective of ADR is to improve governance and strengthen democracy through continuous work in the area of Electoral and Political Reforms. They focus on:
- Advocating against corruption and criminalisation in the Political Process
- Empowerment of the electorate through greater dissemination of information relating to the candidates and the parties, for a better and informed choice
- Need for greater accountability of Indian Political Parties
- Need for inner-party democracy and transparency in party-functioning
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Association for Democratic Reforms
Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) is an apolitical, non-partisan nonprofit organisation registered in India, working on electoral and political reforms for over 25 years.
ADR came into existence in 1999 when a group of Professors from the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Ahmedabad filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) with the Delhi High Court regarding the disclosure of the criminal, financial, and educational background of the candidates contesting elections. The PIL was upheld by the Delhi High Court in 2000, but the Government of India appealed to the Supreme Court of India against the High Court judgment. However, in 2002 and subsequently in 2003, the Supreme Court made it mandatory for all the candidates contesting elections to disclose their criminal, financial, and educational background prior to the polls by filing an affidavit with the Election Commission of India.
ADR was co-founded by Trilochan Sastry, Jagdeep S. Chhokar, Ajit Ranade, and others. It is headed by Maj. Gen. Anil Verma (Retd.). Mr. Jaskirat Singh Vipul Mudgal and others are the trustees.
The objective of ADR is to improve governance and strengthen democracy through continuous work in the area of Electoral and Political Reforms. They focus on:
- Advocating against corruption and criminalisation in the Political Process
- Empowerment of the electorate through greater dissemination of information relating to the candidates and the parties, for a better and informed choice
- Need for greater accountability of Indian Political Parties
- Need for inner-party democracy and transparency in party-functioning