SC ISSUES NOTICE ON PLEA ON CASH DONATIONS TO POLITICAL PARTIES

The Supreme Court on Monday sought responses from the Centre and others on a plea which challenged the validity of a provision of the Income Tax Act that allows political parties to receive “anonymous” cash donations below ₹2,000.

- Press Trust of India

The plea said this lack of transparency undermines the purity of the election process as it deprives voters of the crucial knowledge about the source of political funding, including the donors an