On Friday, the Supreme Court of India declined a series of petitions demanding an investigation into alleged quid pro quo arrangements between corporates and political parties through Electoral Bonds. The court's decision came from a bench consisting of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra.

In a landmark verdict on February 15, the apex court had junked the Centre's electoral bonds scheme of anonymous political funding, calling it "unconstitutional".

On his maiden visit to K’taka for campaigning, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi targets PM Narendra Modi on ideological norms.

"I would like to say that social media platforms are being curbed at a time when IT rules of 2021 are under contention across courts in India," she said.

The bank denied to give information under sections 8(1)(e) & 8(1)(j) of the RTI Act.

Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav accused the BJP-led Centre of orchestrating the arrests of opposition leaders to divert public attention following revelations of alleged financial malpractice through electoral bonds.

Megha Engineering and Infrastructure Ltd, headquartered in Hyderabad and the second-largest purchaser of electoral bonds, contributed the highest sum, approximately Rs 586 crore, to the BJP.

In her remarks at the press conference, Sonia Gandhi said the issue that is being taken up today is “very, very serious” and affects not just the Indian National Congress but “impacts our democracy itself most fundamentally”.

The atmosphere was charged with the sound of ‘dhols’ and trumpets as students and supporters of different outfits cheered for their leaders and raised slogans before the debate began.

As per the data, TMC the second largest recipient of electoral bonds from April 2019 and January 2024.

Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, leading the bench, also instructed the Chairman and Managing Director of SBI to submit an affidavit by 5 pm on March 21, affirming that the bank has provided all bond details to the ECI.

The previous week, the apex court summoned SBI to clarify why it failed to disclose unique alphanumeric numbers as per its instructions, accentuating that the bank was 'duty bound' to do so.