The Supreme Court has issued a notice on a petition opposing the permission of political parties to accept donations up to Rs 2000 in cash. It has been said in the petition that this is a system that encourages wrongful donations. If someone is giving cash donation worth lakhs and crores, it can also be shown as a donation of less than Rs 2000 received from many people.

The section which petitioner Khem Singh Bhati has sought to declare unconstitutional is Section 13A(d) of the Income Tax Act, 1961. The petitioner has also protested that the information about donors who donate less than Rs 2000 to political parties has also been exempted from being disclosed to the Election Commission or the Income Tax Department. It has been said in the petition that people have the right to get information about those who donate to political parties.

Apart from the Election Commission, Central Government, Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), 12 political parties – BJP, Congress, DMK, CPM, TMC, BSP, Samajwadi Party, JDU, BJD, Aam Aadmi Party, National People’s Party and JMM have been made parties in the petition.

The main demands made in the petition are

• Section 13A(d) of the Income Tax Act, 1961 should be declared unconstitutional.
• The Election Commission should be asked to examine Form 24A giving details of donations of all recognized parties. The party should be asked to deposit the amount of donations in which address or PAN number is not available.
• Action should be taken to suspend or cancel the election symbol by issuing a notice under the Election Symbol Order, 1968 to the parties who do not submit the details on time.
• There should be a complete ban on political parties accepting donations in cash. This should be made a condition of registration and election symbol allotment.

The bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta issued notice to all the parties after hearing the arguments of senior advocate Vijay Hansaria, appearing for the petitioner. The case will be heard after 4 weeks.

The Election Commission has announced election dates for four Rajya Sabha seats in Jammu and Kashmir and one Rajya Sabha seat in Punjab. According to the Commission, voting for these five seats will be held on 24 October. The notification of the election will be released on 6 October.

Candidates can file nominations for this election from October 6, while the last date for filing nominations has been fixed on 13 October. The nomination papers submitted by the candidates will be examined on 14 October, so that all necessary documents and qualifications can be confirmed. After this, the last date for withdrawal of nomination is 16 October.

Voting will be done from 9 am to 4 pm

Voting will be held from 9 am to 4 pm. Voters will get an opportunity to go to their respective constituencies and use their vote. The counting of votes will start from 5 pm on the same day and the results will be declared soon.

By-election announced for 1 rajya sabha seat from Punjab. Voting and counting to be help on October 24th. The Seat was Vacant after the Resignation of MP Sanjeev Arora in July. pic.twitter.com/achiimqpwe

– ANI (@ani) September 24, 2025

By-election announced for 4 rajya sabha seats from jammu & kashmir. Voting and counting to be help on October 24th. All Four Seats Have Been Vacant Since February 2021. pic.twitter.com/n3723lrggi

– ANI (@ani) September 24, 2025

Election Commission gave this information

The Election Commission has also clarified that voting and counting will be done in a completely transparent and fair manner.

Sanjeev Arora won elections from Ludhiana West

Sanjeev Arora won the Ludhiana West by -election. The by -election was held on June 19 in Ludhiana West Assembly seat. This seat was vacant after the death of Aam Aadmi Party MLA Gurpreet Gogi Bassi in January. The party nominated Rajya Sabha MP Sanjeev Arora as a candidate in this by -election.

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