Supreme Court issued notice to the bank, said- SBI did not disclose the bond number – Dainik Savera Times

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday said State Bank of India (SBI) should have disclosed the unique alpha-numeric number of electoral bonds received by political parties. The court has sought a reply from the bank in this regard. A Constitution bench led by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud heard the Election Commission’s plea seeking modification of a part of the court’s March 11 order in the electoral bond case.

The court directed its Registrar (Judicial) to ensure that the data submitted by the Election Commission in sealed covers is scanned and made available through digital medium. This bench also includes Justice Sanjeev Khanna, Justice BR Gavai, Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice Manoj Mishra. The bench said that it would be better to complete this work by 5 pm on Saturday and once this work is done, the original documents should be returned to the Election Commission.

During the hearing, it noted the representations of advocate Prashant Bhushan and senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for the petitioner, that SBI has not disclosed the unique alphanumeric number of the electoral bond. The bench issued notice to the bank and fixed March 18 for further hearing in the matter.

The Election Commission said in its application that the March 11 order of the court had said that copies of the documents handed over by it to the top court in a sealed cover during the hearing should be kept in the Commission’s office but it did not have any copy of the documents with itself. Has been kept. The commission said it did not retain any copy of the documents. He asked that these documents be returned so that he can comply with the court’s instructions.