New Delhi, Feb. 26 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday issued notice to the Central government and the Election Commission of India (ECI) on a plea seeking checks on the unrestricted expenditure by political parties during elections.
Asking the Centre and the ECI to file their responses and posting the matter for hearing after six weeks, a Bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant, Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi while expressing doubts over the effectiveness of said regulations, said that the issue raises some constitutional questions.
Appearing for NGO Common Cause, advocate Prashant Bhushan argued that unchecked political spending is distorting democracy. He referred to the Supreme Court's earlier 2024 judgment striking down the Ele...