A five-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously struck down the Centre’s electoral bond scheme which facilitates anonymous political donations for being unconstitutional. It underscored that the scheme violates the right to information under Article 19(1)(a) of the Constitution.
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While Chief Justice of India (CJI) D.Y. Chandrachud authored the lead verdict, Justice Sanjeev Khanna penned a concurring opinion to arrive at the same conclusions. The court also struck down the amendments made to the Income Tax Act and the Representation of People Act which enabled such anonymous political contributions.
