Bench of five judges of the Supreme Court will hear the petition challenging the electoral bond scheme, this date has been fixed

The Supreme Court on Monday heard a petition challenging the electoral bond scheme related to donations to political parties. The court has fixed October 30 for the hearing of this case. At the same time, the court has sent this matter to the constitution bench of five judges.

A bench of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Mishra said that it is necessary that this matter related to the funding of political parties be sent to a larger bench.

One of the PIL petitioners had said in March that till now Rs 12,000 crore has been paid to political parties through electoral bonds and two-thirds of the amount has gone to a major political party.

Judicial examination of this scheme is necessary before Lok Sabha elections: Prashant Bhushan
A few days ago, on this matter in the Supreme Court, lawyer Prashant Bhushan argued that judicial examination of this scheme is necessary before starting it for the 2024 general elections.

Prashant Bhushan, appearing on behalf of the NGO Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR), had said that funding from unknown sources through electoral bonds is promoting corruption and violating the right of citizens to live in a corruption-free country. Is. This is a violation of Article 21 of the Constitution.