The State Bank of India on Tuesday sent all the electoral bonds’ details to the Election Commission of India. According to Bar & Bench, the SBI had sent the details at 5:30 pm on Tuesday. The development comes a day after the Supreme Court rebuked the bank for not complying with the court’s order.
Now, the poll panel will upload entire data on its official website by March 15 for the public. So far, the details of the electoral bonds were not available in public as the SBI had submitted them in a sealed cover to the apex court.
Meanwhile, Supreme Court Bar Association chairperson Adish C Aggarwala wrote to President Droupadi Murmu over the electoral bond verdict. In the letter, the senior advocate said that President Murmu must stop the implementation of the top court’s judgment on electoral bonds scheme.
Aggarwala urged the presidential reference on the issue of electoral bonds scheme. He said that the entire matter should be listed for hearing again for ‘complete justice’ .
The State Bank of India, which had requested an extension until June 30 to reveal the specifics of electoral bonds, encountered probing inquiries from the Supreme Court on Monday. The court sought clarification on the measures taken to adhere to its directives issued when abolishing the contentious scheme of anonymous political funding on February 15.
In a significant ruling, a five-judge constitution bench deemed the scheme “unconstitutional” and mandated disclosure by the Election Commission of donors, the donated amounts, and the recipients by March 13.