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The electoral bonds ruling

The Supreme Court’s ruling of 15 February 2024 that the electoral bonds scheme, which allowed unlimited anonymous donations to political parties, was unconstitutional; who challenged the scheme and what the court ordered the State Bank of India and the Election Commission to do.

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People (1)

• DY Chandrachud
  • Chief Justice of India at the time of the ruling, February 2024

Organisations (6)

• Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR)
  • Petitioner; filed a public interest petition against the scheme in 2017
• Common Cause
  • Petitioner against the scheme
• CPI(M)
  • Political party; a petitioner against the scheme
• Election Commission of India
  • Election authority
• State Bank of India (SBI)
  • Bank; the only seller of electoral bonds
• Supreme Court of India
  • Court

Documents and records (1)

• Electoral Bonds Scheme