Source of Income should be disclosed

In a Landmark judgment, the Supreme Court made it clear that the candidates contesting elections not only disclose their wealth but also they have to disclose the source of income.
The judgment was delivered by a Bench of Justices Jasti Chelameswar and S Abdul Nazeer in a petition filed by NGO Lok Prahari.
Supreme Court held that “In the light of the law declared by this Court in ADR case and PUCL case, we do not see any legal or normative impediment nor has any tenable legal objection been raised before us by any one of the respondents, for issuance of the direction relating to the changes in FORM 26 (declaration by the CANDIDATES)….Therefore, we are of the opinion the prayer 1(1) should be granted and is accordingly granted. We direct that Rule 4A of the RULES and Form 26 appended to the RULES shall be suitably amended, requiring CANDIDATES and their ASSOCIATES to declare their sources of income.”