Over Rs 1,000 crore raised through electoral bonds amid state polls in November

This marks a 400% increase in political donations raised through electoral bonds as compared to funds raised during the last Assembly elections in these states.

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· Dec 07, 2023 · 12:20 pm

Submit details of all donations through electoral bonds by November 15, EC tells political parties

The poll panel sought the information in a double-sealed cover – one sealed envelope with details of donations and another envelope enclosing the first one.

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· Nov 14, 2023 · 01:57 pm

Supreme Court reserves judgement in electoral bonds case

The court also told the Election Commission to collect data on donations that political parties received through the scheme till September 30.

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· Nov 02, 2023 · 05:44 pm

Election Commission must maintain records of electoral bond donations, says Supreme Court

The poll panel’s counsel said they have data only till 2019.

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· Nov 01, 2023 · 02:11 pm

Electoral bonds: Anonymous donations to political parties promote corruption, petitioners tell SC

Such a mechanism defeats the people’s right to know the source of funding of political parties, lawyer Prashant Bhushan told the court.

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· Oct 31, 2023 · 03:46 pm

Electoral bonds: Citizens have no right to know source of political parties’ funds, Centre tells SC

The judges need not intervene in the policy domain, Attorney General R Venkataramani said ahead of the court hearing pleas challenging the scheme.

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· Oct 30, 2023 · 12:08 pm

Supreme Court refers electoral bonds case to 5-judge Constitution bench

The top court will begin the final hearing of the pleas, pending since 2017, on October 31.

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· Oct 16, 2023 · 02:03 pm

Supreme Court to hear pleas challenging electoral bonds scheme on October 31

The case was filed by the Association for Democratic Reforms in September 2017, but has remained pending.

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· Oct 10, 2023 · 02:43 pm

BJP’s assets highest among national parties, 7.5 times those of Congress in 2021-’22, says ADR

The Bharatiya Janata Party’s declared assets amounted to Rs 6,046.81 crore last year, while Congress’ stood at 805.68 crore.

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· Sep 05, 2023 · 08:20 pm

Over 80 former civil servants urge EC to seek early hearing in electoral bonds case

The case against electoral bonds has remained pending in the Supreme Court since 2017.

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· Aug 19, 2023 · 07:40 pm

27 regional parties received 76% income from unknown sources in 2021-’22: ADR report

Over 93% of the income from unknown sources came from electoral bonds, the organisation said.

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· May 17, 2023 · 08:52 am

Karnataka elections: Sale of electoral bonds increased nine times from last polls, shows RTI reply

Last month, the State bank of India sold bonds worth Rs 970.50 crore as compared to Rs 114.90 crore in April 2018.

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· May 04, 2023 · 03:05 pm