SC Order on Electoral Bond Donations

On 11^thApril, 2019, the Supreme Court directed all political parties to provide details of donations received in electoral bonds and the identity of the donors to the Election Commission in a sealed cover in an attempt to bring transparency around anonymous poll funding.

SC’s Directives

• The political parties were also directed to give details of the bank account of the donors.
• The order was given on a petition filed by an NGO-Association of Democratic Reforms (ADR)-challenging the validity of the scheme and sought a stay on the issuance of electoral bonds or that names of the donors be made public to ....