enhancing our deliberative democracy.

Issues involved

♤ Supreme Court in PUCL case (2013) acknowledged the importance of free and fair elections.

♤ It is alleged that both opinion polls and exit polls hinder the conduct of free and fair elections.

♤ Influence of Paid news has further increased the resistance to such polls.

♤ Voters also have a fundamental right to information and media through exit and opinion polls.