The Supreme Court on Monday ordered the State Bank of India to disclose all details related to electoral bonds, including their unique alphanumeric numbers and serial numbers, by 5 pm on March 21, Live Law reported.
The alphanumeric and serial numbers of electoral bonds can be used to match donations with the parties that received them.
The bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud noted that senior advocate Harish Salve, representing the State Bank of India, had stated that all data shall be furnished.
“We direct SBI chairman to submit an affidavit on 5 pm, Thursday stating that no info has been withheld from disclosure in terms of directions given in para 221,” the bench ordered. “ECI [Election Commission] shall upload the details forthwith once it receives the data from SBI.”
The Supreme Court said that the State Bank of India cannot be selective in disclosing information about electoral bonds.
On Friday, the court verbally observed that the State Bank of India must disclose the unique code on each electoral bond. Justice Chandrachud directed a notice to be issued to the bank.
This came after the data provided by the bank to the Election Commission to make it public did not mention the unique codes that would link the identities of the purchasers and the recipients.
The Election Commission on Thursday made...
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