New Delhi. The Supreme Court has refused to reconsider its decision declaring the electoral bond scheme unconstitutional. The Supreme Court has rejected the petition seeking reconsideration of the Constitution Bench’s decision in this case. A bench of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, Justice Sanjiv Khanna, Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice Manoj Mishra rejected the review petition filed by advocate Mathews Nedumpara and others.
Supreme Court said- After looking at the review petitions, no error is visible in the record. The court said that there is no case for review and hence the review petitions are dismissed. It is noteworthy that on February 15 this year, the Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court had canceled the Electoral Bond Scheme, terming it unconstitutional. The court had rejected this law while hearing the petitions of Association for Democratic Reforms and others. The court had said that citizens have a fundamental right to know the source of donations received by political parties.