The candidates contesting elections have to disclose their source of income, wife and other family members, Supreme court issued directions to this effect in order to give a fair knowledge of each candidate's financial status to the voters.

Justice J Chelmswar made this "milestone" judgment.The judgment was made on the petition filed by an NGO, Lok prahari to include a column of the source of income in the nomination form.So far, assets and liabilities were disclosed in the nomination form of the candidate. The election commission has made it compulsory to disclose the source of income along with wife's and children so as to make the voter aware of the candidate's wider picture they vote.