Meet Jaya Thakur, Congress leader who went to the Supreme Court to quash the electoral bond scheme
Jaya Thakur is a doctor associated with the Indian National Congress.
New Delhi: In a landmark judgment, the Supreme Court of India dismissed the State Bank of India’s plea seeking more time to make public the information sought by the esteemed court today after it had earlier almost struck down the central government’s election financing program on February 15 destroyed. Do you know the faces behind the landmark judgment that led to the quashing of the Electoral Bonds Scheme?
Jaya Thakur, an appellant in the case against the electoral bond scheme, along with the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and CPI (M), expressed satisfaction over Monday’s Supreme Court order directing the State Bank of India.
“I am happy with this decision. The court has taken its decision considering the gravity of this issue,” Jaya Thakur, who filed the plea through her lawyer Varun Thakur, said in a report by Hindustan Times.
Who is Congress leader Jaya Thakur?
Jaya Thakur is a professional in the medical field who associates with the Indian National Congress. Its roots go back to Banda, a town in Sagar district of Madhya Pradesh, the report said. This gives her a formidable position in the Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee, where she serves diligently as General Secretary.
Details of the judgment quashing the electoral bond scheme
The Supreme Court has brought up the State Bank on Electoral Bonds scheme and asked what steps you have taken in the last 26 days. “The SBI has only to open the sealed cover, collect details and provide information to the Election Commission,” the Supreme Court said. added.
Appearing for SBI, lawyer Harish Salve told the Supreme Court, “The SC has ordered disclosure of KYC details and bond amount. We have this information and can release it within two to three weeks. The court also ordered disclosure of donations received by political parties. If there is no need to bridge the two, we can release information within three weeks.”
Jaya Thakur moves SC to stop Center from appointing new ECs
A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking to restrain the central government from appointing the Chief Election Commissioner and other Election Commissioners under Sections 7 and 8 of the Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioners (Terms of Appointment and Tenures) Act 2023. .
Articles 7 and 8 lay down the procedure for the appointment of ECI members.
The application filed by Congress leader Jaya Thakur also sought direction to appoint members of the Election Commission in accordance with the Supreme Court’s judgment, which had ordered the setting up of a committee comprising the CJI, the Prime Minister and the leader of the opposition in Lok. Sabha for appointment.
After the resignation of Election Commissioner Arun Goel last week and the retirement of Anup Chandra Pandey, two vacancies for election commissioners have arisen.
Advocate Varun Thakur, appearing on behalf of the petitioner, also mentioned the plea seeking an early hearing before a bench headed by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud. The court has asked the lawyer to send an email about this and will investigate the mention. Thakur had also earlier challenged the provisions of the Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioners (Appointment, Conditions of Service and Conditions of Office) Act, 2023.
(With input from agencies)