India, Aug. 31 -- The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Monday a plea which challenged the validity of a provision of the Income Tax Act that allows political parties to receive "anonymous" cash donations below Rs 2,000.

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 and their motives, preventing them from making a rational, intelligent and fully informed decision while casting their vote.

According to the top court cause list, a bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta is likely to hear the matter. The top court had earlier issued notices to the Centre, Election Commission and othe...