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The Court said that the petition did not set out any concrete material but was based on data available on the website of the Election Commission and certain newspaper reports.

The Court had in August 2024 dismissed a batch of pleas that sought an SIT probe into the misuse of the Electoral Bonds scheme.

We don’t even think this is a bona fide petition, the Court stated as it gave CBI time to take instructions on the plea.

The order was passed by Justice M Nagaprasanna who had earlier stayed the investigation in the case after BJP's Nalin Kumar Kateel challenged the first information report (FIR) against Sitharaman and ...

An FIR was recently registered against Sitharaman and other BJP leaders on the direction of a magistrate in Bengaluru.

On February 15, a Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court had unanimously quashed the Electoral Bonds Scheme. The said judgment has now been upheld.

The FIR was registered following a direction by the magistrate's court in Bengaluru that took cognisance of a complaint registered by activist Adarsh R Iyer.

The complaint alleged that BJP members including JP Nadda, in connivance with ED officers, extorted private firms and made illegal gains under the Electoral Bonds Scheme.

The petitions had sought probe into misuse of electoral bonds scheme, particularly the allegations of quid pro quo between donors and political parties.

The petitioner has also sought directions to probe illegal benefits conferred on the donors by the public authorities at the instance of political parties on account of electoral bond payments receive ...

The article discusses the electoral bonds case and the evolution of law regarding contributions to political parties by companies.

The electoral bonds scheme has been called by many as the largest scam in India so far, the petitioners have contended.