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Supreme Court Rejects SIT Probe into Electoral Bonds Claims

Supreme Court Rejects SIT Probe into Electoral Bonds Claims

02 Aug 2024

On Friday, the Supreme Court denied a series of petitions seeking a Special Investigation Team (SIT) probe into alleged quid pro quo arrangements between corporates and political parties via Electoral Bonds donations. A bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justices JB Pardiwala, and Manoj Misra stated that forming...

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SC to Review Plea for SIT Investigation into Electoral Bonds Quid Pro Quo Claims on July 22

SC to Review Plea for SIT Investigation into Electoral Bonds Quid Pro Quo Claims on July 22

19 Jul 2024

The Supreme Court announced on Friday that it will hear petitions on July 22 seeking an investigation by a Special Investigation Team (SIT) into alleged quid pro quo arrangements between corporates and political parties through Electoral Bonds donations. Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, along with Justices JB Pardiwala and...

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“Electoral bond was institutionalised corruption,” says Congress’ Manish Tewari

“Electoral bond was institutionalised corruption,” says Congress’ Manish Tewari

16 Apr 2024

Congress leader Manish Tewari criticized Prime Minister Modi's defense of the Electoral Bonds scheme, calling it "the most institutionalised corruption" in a democracy. Tewari thanked the Supreme Court for striking down the scheme, stating, "When the electoral bonds were introduced in 2017, we completely opposed it because there was no...

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Rahul Gandhi Calls Electoral Bonds the Biggest Extortion Scheme, Masterminded by PM Modi

Rahul Gandhi Calls Electoral Bonds the Biggest Extortion Scheme, Masterminded by PM Modi

15 Apr 2024

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi criticized the Electoral bonds as the "largest extortion scheme" globally, alleging Prime Minister Modi's involvement. Gandhi's comments followed PM Modi's interview where he accused opposition parties of spreading falsehoods about the scheme, recently invalidated by the Supreme Court. Gandhi highlighted instances where donors received contracts or...

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Nation paid price for BJP’s compulsion to get donations: Congress on electoral bonds

Nation paid price for BJP’s compulsion to get donations: Congress on electoral bonds

04 Apr 2024

The Congress has launched a fresh criticism against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), alleging that the BJP's eagerness to secure donations led it to implement the electoral bonds scheme despite warnings from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). Jairam Ramesh, a Congress leader, took to X to claim that the...

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EC releases Electoral bonds data revealing amounts assigned to each party

EC releases Electoral bonds data revealing amounts assigned to each party

18 Mar 2024

The Election Commission of India unveiled information obtained from political parties regarding electoral bonds, as mandated by the Supreme Court. These details are believed to pertain to transactions preceding April 12, 2019. According to the commission's data, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) received the highest amount through electoral bonds...

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SC issues notice to SBI for not sharing complete data on Electoral Bonds

SC issues notice to SBI for not sharing complete data on Electoral Bonds

15 Mar 2024

The Supreme Court raised concerns on Friday regarding the State Bank of India (SBI) failing to provide Electoral Bonds data with unique alphanumeric numbers, essential for bond identification. Consequently, notice was issued to SBI, with a response sought by Monday. A five-judge Constitution bench led by Chief Justice of India...

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’60 percent of electoral bonds directed to BJP’ Congress leader Jairam Ramesh claims

’60 percent of electoral bonds directed to BJP’ Congress leader Jairam Ramesh claims

15 Mar 2024

The Congress claimed on Friday that 60 percent of the electoral bonds had been directed to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), following the publication of electoral bonds data by the Election Commission, as mandated by the Supreme Court. Jairam Ramesh, the Congress's general secretary in charge of communications, spoke to...

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Supreme Court Bar Association strongly criticizes chief’s letter to President Murmu regarding verdict on electoral bonds

Supreme Court Bar Association strongly criticizes chief’s letter to President Murmu regarding verdict on electoral bonds

13 Mar 2024

The executive committee of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) distanced itself from the letter written by SCBA chief Adish C Aggarwala, urging a presidential reference for the electoral bonds scheme case verdict. The committee condemned the letter, describing it as an "attempt to overreach and undermine the authority" of...

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SBI gets time till March 12 to disclose details of electoral bonds after SC rap

SBI gets time till March 12 to disclose details of electoral bonds after SC rap

11 Mar 2024

The State Bank of India's (SBI) request to extend the Superme Court deadline until June 30 to provide the Election Commission of India with information about its electoral bonds was denied by the apex court on Monday. Instead, the bank was instructed to provide the information by March 12. The...

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