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SC dismisses plea seeking review of verdict scrapping electoral bonds

October 06, 2024 1:37 am

A bench of Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justices Sanjiv Khanna, B R Gavai, J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra said there is no error apparent on the face of the record.

Court orders FIR against Nirmala, BJP leaders over poll bond ‘conspiracy’

September 29, 2024 2:48 am

The activist, who earlier approached the police seeking a probe into the electoral bonds scheme, filed a private complaint in a court on April 15 this year after the police refused to register an FIR.

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PIL for court-monitored SIT probe into electoral bonds scheme listed for July 22: Supreme Court

July 19, 2024 12:25 pm

The bench said a similar plea, which was listed for Friday, will also be taken up together with the previous PIL on July 22.

Plea in SC for confiscation of money received by political parties under Electoral Bonds scheme

July 06, 2024 11:09 pm

In its verdict months ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, the apex court had ordered the SBI to disclose to the Election Commission the names of the contributors to the six-year-old scheme.

MPs had alerted Govt on No. 1 poll bond donor’s lottery ‘malpractices’

MPs had alerted Govt on No. 1 electoral bond donor’s lottery ‘malpractices’

June 03, 2024 1:50 pm

Future Gaming bought electoral bonds worth Rs 1,368 crore between April 12, 2019 and January 24, 2024.

Electoral bonds: NGOs move SC, seek SIT probe on ‘quid pro quo’ between corporates, political parties

April 24, 2024 6:40 pm

The petition by the Centre for Public Interest Litigation and Common Cause states that large donations to political parties through electoral bonds by loss-making and shell companies with unknown sources of funds need to be investigated.

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SBI yet to submit bill for 8,350 electoral bonds: Govt

April 18, 2024 1:02 am

Moreover, the government may have to shell out Rs 43.90 lakh to SBI for the 30th phase of the electoral bond sale in January this year.

A single electoral trust can, and does, donate to several parties, making it impossible to match a specific donor with a specific recipient.

Over 75% of leading electoral bond donors to BJP, Cong, TMC, BJD, and BRS never donated before bonds era

April 03, 2024 10:35 am

Analysing the Electoral Bonds data, along with the annual audit reports and contribution reports submitted by the political parties to the EC, The Indian Express shortlisted the top 30 donors of the five biggest beneficiaries of the scheme. Here's what we found

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Among top donors to BJP, TMC and Congress, 8 unlisted firms spent many times their profit

April 03, 2024 11:06 pm

Topping the list is Future Gaming and Hotel Services Pvt Ltd which donated a total of Rs 1,368 crore in bonds while making a cumulative profit of only Rs 368 crore in four years.

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra accused Modi government of pressuring Indin judiciary

Priyanka Gandhi accuses govt of 'pressuring' judiciary after electoral bonds judgment

April 01, 2024 7:39 am

The Congress general secretary's remarks come two days after PM Modi criticised the Congress in reaction to more than 600 lawyers writing to the Chief Justice of India, alleging that a "vested interest group" is trying to put pressure on the judiciary and defame courts.