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The\u00a0bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi said it would pronounce its order tomorrow on the plea filed by NGO, Association of Democratic Reforms (ADR).<\/p>\n<p>The NGO, which has challenged the validity of the scheme, has sought interim relief including that either the issuance of electoral bonds be stayed or the names of the donors be made public to ensure transparency in the poll process.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Attorney General K K Venugopal, appearing for the Centre, supported the scheme saying<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><em> the purpose behind it is to eliminate the use of black money in elections.\u00a0<\/em><\/span>Adding that the court can scrutinize the scheme after elections, AG said<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;So far as the electoral bond scheme is concerned, it is the matter of policy decision of the government and no government can be faulted for taking policy decision&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(Source: PTI)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Supreme Court: The Court has eserved its order on a PIL challenging the government&#8217;s electoral bond scheme for political funding. 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