Supreme Court's comment regarding the electoral bond scheme, said- there is a provision of selective anonymity and confidentiality in it
Supreme Court: A five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice (CJI) DY Chandrachud told Solicitor General (SG) Tushar Mehta, who was arguing on behalf of the Centre, that the problem with the scheme would be if it does not provide a level playing field to political parties and if It will be opaque. The hearing will continue on Thursday also.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday said the problem with the electoral bond scheme is that it has provisions for "selective anonymity" and "selective secrecy" as the details are available with the State Bank of India (SBI) and law enforcement agencies can also access them. Are.
A five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice (CJI) DY Chandrachud told Solicitor General (SG) Tushar Mehta, who was arguing on behalf of the Centre, that the problem with the scheme would be if it does not provide a level playing field to political parties and if It will be opaque.
Hearing arguments on petitions challenging the validity of the electoral bond scheme, the apex court said that the objective of the scheme may be entirely laudable, but there should be a provision for full disclosure in order to attempt to bring legitimate money into the electoral process.