By Our legal correspondent
New Delhi, March 11 (IVC) The Supreme Court of India here today dismissed the plea of the State Bank of India (SBI) seeking time till the end of June 2024 to share details of electoral bonda.
The five judge Bench of the Supreme headed by the Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud on Feb 15 striking it unconstitutional the electoral bond scheme directed the SBI immediately stop issuing further electoral bonds, furnish by March 06 details of the political parties which purchased bonds ,date of purchase and the denominations.
SBI filed a petition before the Honourable Supreme Court on March 04 seeking time for submitting the details till the end of June next which was rejected by the Bench consisted of the justices Sanjiv Khanna, B R Gavai, J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra besides chief Justice.
The same bench of the Supreme Court had struck down the electoral bonds scheme on Feb 15 as unconstitutional.
The Supreme Court directed SBI to submit the details as per the court’s order of Feb 15 tomorrow. If failed, the court would go ahead with the contempt of court proceedings against the State Bank of India. The Supreme Court also directed the Election Commission of India to publish the details on Feb 15. The opposition parties welcomed the order of the court and observed that it has upset the hidden agenda of the Union Government to keep secret the details of electoral bonds till the elections to the 18th Lok Sabha were AAAaa completed.
