Electoral Bonds
- India
SC to hear on Monday PIL for court-monitored SIT probe into electoral bonds scheme
New Delhi: The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Monday a public interest litigation seeking a court-monitored investigation into the electoral bonds scheme. A bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud…
- India
Electoral bonds: SC to hear on July 22 plea to seize money received by political parties
New Delhi: The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on July 22 a plea seeking a direction to the Centre and others to confiscate the amount received by various political parties under…
- India
PIL for court-monitored SIT probe into electoral bonds scheme listed for July 22: SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday said a public interest litigation seeking a court-monitored investigation into the electoral bonds scheme will be heard on July 22. A bench comprising Chief Justice…
- India
Alternative to electoral bond scheme should be found: Shah
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah believes the influence of black money will increase during the ongoing Lok Sabha elections following the Supreme Court’s decision to scrap the electoral bond scheme,…
- India
Electoral bonds: Plea in SC seeks SIT probe into alleged quid pro quo
New Delhi: A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking a court-monitored probe by a special investigation team (SIT) into the alleged instances of “apparent quid pro quo” between political…
- India
Congress questions EC on getting social media post on electoral bonds deleted
New Delhi: The Congress on Wednesday questioned the Election Commission’s move to get a post on the electoral bonds scheme deleted from social media platform X and said that the issue raised…
- India
Electoral bonds better than earlier system of sacks, suitcases: FM Sitharaman
Jaipur: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday targeted the Congress for dropping the restoration of the old pension scheme that it promised in many states from its Lok Sabha election manifesto,…
- India
Plea in SC seeks review of verdict scrapping electoral bonds scheme
New Delhi: A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking review of its February 15 verdict, which had scrapped the Modi government’s electoral bonds scheme of anonymous political funding. The…
- Telangana
CBI FIR against 2nd biggest electoral bond buyer MEIL in bribery case
New Delhi: The CBI has registered an FIR against Hyderabad-based Megha Engineering and Infrastructure Ltd, which was the second-biggest buyer of electoral bonds worth Rs 966 crore, in an alleged bribery case.…
- India
SBI refuses to disclose electoral bonds’ details under RTI Act
New Delhi: The State Bank of India (SBI) has refused to disclose under the RTI Act the details of the electoral bonds furnished to the Election Commission (EC), claiming that it is…
- India
Situation in country bad as 2 CMs in jail: Ashok Gehlot
Jaipur: Former Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot on Monday said that the situation in the country is bad as it has been looted through electoral bonds and two chief ministers are in…
- India
Centre seized printing of electoral bonds a fortnight post SC’s verdict
An RTI (Right To Information) revealed that the Union finance ministry ordered the State Bank of India (SBI) to “immediately put a hold” on the printing of electoral bonds, almost a fortnight…