India’s Supreme Court Strikes Down Controversial Electoral Bond System Ahead of National Elections
India’s Supreme Court has invalidated the country’s seven-year-old electoral bond system, a funding mechanism allowing individuals and companies to donate unlimited funds to political parties anonymously. The ruling, delivered by a five-judge bench, declared the scheme “unconstitutional” and a violation of citizens’ right to information, dealing a blow to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling Bharatiya…