The Supreme Court came down hard on the State Bank of India for not sharing the complete data on electoral bonds, a scheme that allowed individuals and businesses to donate anonymously to political parties.
The court had struck down the scheme and directed the bank to share all details on the donations made in the last 5 years.
Hearing a petition by the Election Commission, the Supreme Court said that the data provided by the Supreme Court was incomplete. The five-judge bench, headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, directed SBI to disclose electoral bond numbers as well, in addition to the details it has already shared.
“Who is appearing for the State Bank of India? They have not disclosed the bond numbers. It has to be disclosed by the State Bank of India,” Chief Justice Chandrachud said right at the outset of the hearing.
On the electoral bonds issue, RJD MP Manoj Jha quoted by ANI said , “People are just witnessing it today, everybody knew about it already…ED carries out a raid and just after a few hours, electoral bonds are bought. One must look at this correlation…”
