<h1>Petition seeks Election Commission rules for political party registration and regulation to curb bogus parties, corruption, ensure transparency and secularism</h1> The Supreme Court agreed to examine a petition seeking a direction to the Election Commission to frame rules for registration and regulation of political parties to ensure secularism, transparency and political justice, and issued notice to the central government, the poll body and the Law Commission. The bench directed the petitioner to implead all national parties registered with the Commission. The petition alleges the existence of 'bogus' parties, criminalisation and money-laundering through party structures, lack of rules governing party functioning and seeks either ECI rules or a Law Commission study of international best practices to curb corruption and enhance accountability.