EC urges Supreme Court to modify electoral bonds order

Election Commission urges Supreme Court to modify electoral bonds order, hearing likely today The Supreme Court is set to hear an application filed by the Election Commission (EC), seeking adjustments to the operational section of its March 11 ruling in the electoral bonds case. The hearing is scheduled to take place on Friday, March 15. The Election Commission stated that the order had acknowledged the maintenance of copies of documents submitted by it to the apex court in sealed covers during the hearings, to be retained at the poll panel's office. However, the EC clarified that it hadn't retained any copies of the documents and requested their return to comply with the court's directives. Furthermore, a separate petition submitted by the NGO Association for Democratic Reforms, challenging the exclusion of the Chief Justice of India from a panel responsible for selecting the chief election commissioner and election commissioners, was also slated for a hearing on Friday. [Read more]( If you would prefer not receiving our emails, please [Click Here](