最高法院对选举保证金的有效性作出裁决。 Supreme Court delivered verdict on validity of electoral bonds.
2024 年 2 月 15 日星期四，最高法院对选举债券计划的合法性做出了裁决，该计划允许向印度政党匿名捐款。 On Thursday, February 15th, 2024, the Supreme Court delivered its verdict on the legality of the electoral bond scheme, which allows anonymous donations to political parties in India. 该计划遭到请愿者的质疑，包括民主改革协会、印度共产党（马克思主义）和国大党领袖贾亚·塔库尔，他们认为该计划侵犯了公民获取政党融资信息的权利，并助长了腐败。 The scheme had been challenged by petitioners, including the Association for Democratic Reforms, the Communist Party of India (Marxist), and Congress leader Jaya Thakur, who argued that it violated citizens' rights to information about political party financing and promoted corruption. 请愿者还声称，对《公司法》的修订是为了促进通过购买选举债券进行匿名捐款。 The petitioners also asserted that amendments to the Companies Act were introduced in an effort to facilitate anonymous donations via the purchase of electoral bonds. 中央政府坚称，选举债券计划旨在取代现金捐赠并提高政治资助的透明度，但请愿者不同意，认为该计划提供的匿名性助长了腐败，破坏了反对党的公平竞争环境。 The Central Government maintained that the electoral bonds scheme was intended to replace cash donations and increase transparency in political funding, but the petitioners disagreed, arguing that the scheme provided anonymity that enabled corruption and undermined the level playing field for political parties in opposition.