The Election Commission on Tuesday sent a reminder to all political parties to submit details of donations received through electoral bonds by 5 pm tomorrow. This direction comes after the Supreme Court ordered the election body to produce updated data on contributions received by the parties through the electoral bond scheme till September 30, 2023, and submit the details under sealed cover. Election Commission sends a reminder to political parties to submit details of electoral bonds received by them by 5pm tomorrow. The EC was asked by the Supreme Court to submit the details under sealed cover pic.twitter.com/vrdloKQfXy — Damini Nath (@DaminiNath) November 14, 2023 A five-judge Constitution bench of the Supreme Court, in an interim order on November 3, had given the poll body two weeks to produce updated data, while hearing the constitutional challenge to the electoral bond scheme. The bench headed by Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud reserved its verdict after a three-day hearing. In April 2019 also the Supreme Court passed a similar order requiring the EC to furnish details of the electoral bonds received by political parties in a sealed envelope. But when it was pointed out to the bench that the EC had only submitted data pertaining to the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the SC expressed displeasure that the poll panel had not maintained updated data.
