'...As certified by Supreme Court': Congress calls electoral bonds 'mega corruption scandal'
9 months, 1 week ago

'...As certified by Supreme Court': Congress calls electoral bonds 'mega corruption scandal'

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: Reacting to the Supreme Court's verdict on electoral bonds, the Congress on Monday said the apex court has protected Indian democracy from “the devious machinations of this regime”. The fact is that the government is scared of all their skeletons tumbling out of the closet," Congress leader KC Venugopal wrote in X. KC Venugopal claimed the Supreme Court certified that the electoral bonds scheme was a mega corruption scandal. "This mega corruption scandal, as certified by the Supreme Court, will expose the unholy nexus between the BJP and its corrupt corporate masters," KC Venugopal added. The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed the State Bank of India's request seeking an extension of deadline for furnishing the electoral bonds' details.

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Electoral Bonds: SC declines pleas seeking SIT probe into alleged quid pro quo in electoral bond donations
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Electoral Bonds: SC declines pleas seeking SIT probe into alleged quid pro quo in electoral bond donations

Op India  

The Supreme Court on Friday declined a batch of petitions seeking a probe by a Special Investigation Team into the alleged instances of quid pro quo arrangements between corporates and political parties through Electoral Bonds donations. The top court also rejected the demand to direct the authorities to recover the donations received by political parties through Electoral Bonds and to …

Electoral bonds: SC to hear plea seeking SIT probe
5 months ago

Electoral bonds: SC to hear plea seeking SIT probe

The Hindu  

Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud on July 19, 2024, said a petition seeking the constitution of a Special Investigation Team to probe each and every instance of quid pro quo, corruption, and kickbacks revealed through the disclosure of details of the electoral bonds would be listed for hearing on July 22. The petition submitted that some of the country’s …

Supreme Court to hear plea to set up panel to probe into electoral bonds on July 22
5 months ago

Supreme Court to hear plea to set up panel to probe into electoral bonds on July 22

India Today  

The Supreme Court will be hearing a batch of pleas seeking a probe by a Special Investigation Team under judicial supervision into the alleged scam in the electoral bonds scheme, which was earlier scrapped by the Supreme Court on February 15. While citing several media reports, the petition asserted that the published information indicates that the majority of the bonds …

Supreme Court assures listing of plea for SIT probe into electoral bonds data
7 months, 1 week ago

Supreme Court assures listing of plea for SIT probe into electoral bonds data

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on May 14 assured advocate Prashant Bhushan that a petition to constitute a Special Investigation Team to investigate each instance of quid pro quo, corruption and kickbacks revealed through the disclosure of details of the electoral bonds will be listed soon for hearing. The petition filed by Common Cause and the Centre for Public Interest Litigation, represented …

Electoral bonds will be back after consultations: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman
8 months ago

Electoral bonds will be back after consultations: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman

Hindustan Times  

The Bharatiya Janata Party intends to bring back electoral bonds in some form after wide consultations will all stakeholders if it is elected back to power in the 2024 general elections, Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Friday, reposing her faith in the controversial political funding scheme that was scrapped by the Supreme Court in February but admitting that …

Karnataka: Rahul Gandhi terms electoral bonds ‘biggest extortion scam’
8 months, 1 week ago

Karnataka: Rahul Gandhi terms electoral bonds ‘biggest extortion scam’

Hindustan Times  

Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi calling electoral bonds the “biggest extortion scam in the country”. However, Gandhi characterised electoral bonds as India’s largest scam, likening them to an extortion scheme run by “petty, goon elements.” Addressing a public rally in Mandya district as part of the ongoing Lok Sabha election campaign, the Congress …

Electoral bonds country’s biggest corruption scandal: Rahul Gandhi in Karnataka
8 months, 1 week ago

Electoral bonds country’s biggest corruption scandal: Rahul Gandhi in Karnataka

Hindustan Times  

Mandya: Calling the electoral bonds the biggest extortion scam in the country, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said that prime minister Narendra Modi’s hands were shivering when he was asked about the controversial bonds. However, Gandhi characterised electoral bonds as India’s largest scam, likening them to an extortion scheme run by “petty, goonda elements.” “When he was talking about …

Electoral Bonds Biggest Extortion Scam, Alleges Rahul Gandhi
8 months, 1 week ago

Electoral Bonds Biggest Extortion Scam, Alleges Rahul Gandhi

Deccan Chronicle  

Bengaluru: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday termed the electoral bonds as a “biggest extortion scam” where donations were collected by way of threats and money has been allegedly looted by the Bharatiya Janata Party holding reins at the Centre. “Usually, petty goons engage in issuing threats and loot money and in ordinary language, it is called as an extortion,” …

Rahul calls electoral bonds world’s biggest ‘extortion scheme’, attacks Modi
8 months, 1 week ago

Rahul calls electoral bonds world’s biggest ‘extortion scheme’, attacks Modi

Hindustan Times  

Member of Parliament Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday called the now-scrapped electoral bonds the world’s biggest “extortion scheme” and Prime Minister Narendra Modi a “champion of corruption” as the Congress leader addressed a press conference with Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav in Ghaziabad, which is due to go to the polls on April 26 in the second phase of national polls. …

PM Modi justifying poll bond despite verdict: Sanjay Singh
8 months, 1 week ago

PM Modi justifying poll bond despite verdict: Sanjay Singh

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: Despite the Supreme Court declaring them unconstitutional and illegal, Prime Minister Modi is going out of his way to justify the electoral bonds, AAP Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh alleged on Tuesday. Singh said that in an interview to a TV news channel, Modi openly supported the corruption indulged in by the BJP through electoral bonds. The BJP …

PM Modi details 'Vision 2047', hits back at Opposition on ED raids, Electoral bonds issue | DETAILS
8 months, 1 week ago

PM Modi details 'Vision 2047', hits back at Opposition on ED raids, Electoral bonds issue | DETAILS

India TV News  

PM Modi interview: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that he has "big plans" for the country upon his return to the office after the Lok Sabha elections 2024, and assured that nobody needs to be "scared" of his decisions. PM Modi on 'One Nation, One Election' PM Modi reiterated his government's commitment to 'One Nation, One Election' idea, as …

​Pandora’s box: The Hindu Editorial on the electoral bonds scheme, emerging details
8 months, 2 weeks ago

​Pandora’s box: The Hindu Editorial on the electoral bonds scheme, emerging details

The Hindu  

In the last month or so, ever since the State Bank of India was compelled by the Supreme Court of India to release information on donations via electoral bonds to political parties, emerging details have only confirmed the worst fears of naysayers in regulatory and policy-making institutions about the scheme before it was introduced by the Bharatiya Janata Party -led …

‘He fully lied to nation’: Congress reacts to PM Modi's statement on electoral bonds
8 months, 3 weeks ago

‘He fully lied to nation’: Congress reacts to PM Modi's statement on electoral bonds

Hindustan Times  

After Prime Minister Narendra Modi broke his silence on the now-scrapped electoral bonds scheme, Congress spokesperson Jairam Ramesh on Monday accused him of ‘fully lying to the nation.’ Congress MP Jairam Ramesh and PM Narendra Modi. He claims that ‘where funds have come from, how they are being used’ is only known due to the Electoral Bond Scheme instituted by …

Bonds, big money and an imperfect democracy
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Bonds, big money and an imperfect democracy

The Hindu  

The electoral bonds scheme that has been declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court of India, was supposed to end the financing of elections with black money. In effect, the electoral bonds scheme was only an additional avenue for funds that political parties received. Cronyism uncovered Even though the electoral bonds formed a fraction of the total funding requirement of political …

DC Edit | Only probe can establish facts of murky poll bond sales
8 months, 4 weeks ago

DC Edit | Only probe can establish facts of murky poll bond sales

Deccan Chronicle  

The Supreme Court of India struck down the electoral bond scheme finding it violative of the citizen’s fundamental right to information under Article 19 of the Constitution. The information that has reached the public domain after the State Bank of India, which executed the scheme, handed it over to the Election Commission of India on the orders of the court …

'Breach of trust': Ex-finance secretary on SBI's electoral bonds move
8 months, 4 weeks ago

'Breach of trust': Ex-finance secretary on SBI's electoral bonds move

India Today  

Former Finance Secretary Subhash Garg has suggested that the electoral bonds data released by the State Bank of India exposed a significant breach of trust. Speaking to India Today, the former Finance Secretary said, "The meticulously designed electoral bonds, meant to safeguard against any link between donors and political affiliations, did have an invisible alphanumeric code, not meant to be …

Electoral bonds are ‘post-raid’ bribes to BJP-led government: Jairam Ramesh
9 months ago

Electoral bonds are ‘post-raid’ bribes to BJP-led government: Jairam Ramesh

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: Senior Congress leader and MP Jairam Ramesh on Saturday said that the electoral bonds are “pre-paid”, “post-paid” and “post-raid” bribes, through which the central government had given Rs.3.8 lakh crore in projects and contracts to private companies in exchange for Rs.2,004 crore in donations to the Bharatiya Janata Party. In its 2019 manifesto, the Congress promised to scrap …

Congress calls electoral bond scheme biggest scam
9 months ago

Congress calls electoral bond scheme biggest scam

Hindustan Times  

The Congress on Friday termed the electoral bond scheme as the largest corruption scandal in the collection of election donations. For Representation Only: Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge and party leader Rahul Gandhi address the media after meeting SC, ST and OBC leaders of the INDIA bloc, in New Delhi, Friday Abhay Dubey, spokesperson of the All India Congress Committee, addressed …

Electoral Bonds case | SBI confirms to Supreme Court its ‘complete disclosure’ of electoral bonds data
9 months ago

Electoral Bonds case | SBI confirms to Supreme Court its ‘complete disclosure’ of electoral bonds data

The Hindu  

The State Bank of India on Thursday informed the Supreme Court that it has made a “complete disclosure” of all the details regarding the purchase and encashment of electoral bonds in its possession and custody to the Election Commission of India for publication on its official website. In an affidavit, SBI chairman Dinesh Kumar Khara said that the information shared …

SC order on electoral bonds disclosure does not cover full details from March 2018
9 months ago

SC order on electoral bonds disclosure does not cover full details from March 2018

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on March 18 directed full disclosure of electoral bonds purchased after April 2019, but information about a chunk of poll bonds bought and encashed during the first year of the anonymous political funding scheme will continue to remain hidden from the public eye. This would mean that full information on who bought how many electoral bonds to …

Pradhan Mantri Hafta Vasuli Yojana | Congress' swipe at government over electoral bonds issue
9 months, 1 week ago

Pradhan Mantri Hafta Vasuli Yojana | Congress' swipe at government over electoral bonds issue

The Hindu  

Stepping up its attack on the Centre over the electoral bonds issue, the Congress on March 18 accused the Modi government of "hafta vasuli" and claimed that 21 firms facing investigations from the CBI, Enforcement Directorate or I-T have donated through electoral bonds. Supreme Court directs SBI to disclose all electoral bonds details by March 21 “On November 10, 2022, …

Electoral Bonds: Supreme Court rebukes SBI, says don't be ‘selective’
9 months, 1 week ago

Electoral Bonds: Supreme Court rebukes SBI, says don't be ‘selective’

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: The State Bank of India can't be selective in disclosing information linked to electoral bonds, the Supreme Court of India said on Monday, directing the bank to submit full details of the bonds' numbers to the Election Commission by March 21. The Supreme Court ordered the bank to disclose all "conceivable" electoral bond details in its possession, including …

Electoral Bonds Case: SBI must provide full details on electoral bonds without bias, as required by the court
9 months, 1 week ago

Electoral Bonds Case: SBI must provide full details on electoral bonds without bias, as required by the court

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Monday asked the State of Bank of India to be “candid and fair” and not selective while directing it to make a “complete disclosure” of electoral bonds’ data, including their unique hidden alphanumeric and serial numbers, to the Election Commission of India for publication. The court said the information on electoral bonds forwarded to the ECI …

Electoral bonds case highlights: RJD, JD(U) trade charges over EB scheme
9 months, 1 week ago

Electoral bonds case highlights: RJD, JD(U) trade charges over EB scheme

Hindustan Times  

Electoral bonds case highlights: The Supreme Court on Monday heard a case regarding the State Bank of India disclosing the "unique serial numbers" of electoral bonds. Under the now-defunct 2018 Electoral Bond scheme, each bond is marked with a unique serial number, which could aid in monitoring their issuance and redemption and tracing them back to the purchaser. Expressing disapproval, …

Electoral Bonds Case : Live Updates From Supreme Court Hearing On Whether SBI Should Disclose Bond Numbers
9 months, 1 week ago

Electoral Bonds Case : Live Updates From Supreme Court Hearing On Whether SBI Should Disclose Bond Numbers

Live Law  

A Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court will hear the Electoral Bonds Case today at 10.30 AM.The bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justices Sanjiv Khanna, BR Gavai, JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra will decide whether the State Bank of India should be directed to disclose the unique numbers of the Electoral Bonds. A Constitution Bench of the …

Electoral Bonds Case : Live Updates From Supreme Court Hearing On Whether SBI Should Disclose Bond Numbers
9 months, 1 week ago

Electoral Bonds Case : Live Updates From Supreme Court Hearing On Whether SBI Should Disclose Bond Numbers

Live Law  

A Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court will hear the Electoral Bonds Case today at 10.30 AM.The bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justices Sanjiv Khanna, BR Gavai, JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra will decide whether the State Bank of India should be directed to disclose the unique numbers of the Electoral Bonds. A Constitution Bench of the …

Electoral Bonds Case : Live Updates From Supreme Court Hearing On Whether SBI Should Disclose Bond Numbers
9 months, 1 week ago

Electoral Bonds Case : Live Updates From Supreme Court Hearing On Whether SBI Should Disclose Bond Numbers

Live Law  

A Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court will hear the Electoral Bonds Case today at 10.30 AM.The bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justices Sanjiv Khanna, BR Gavai, JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra will decide whether the State Bank of India should be directed to disclose the unique numbers of the Electoral Bonds. A Constitution Bench of the …

Electoral Bonds Case : Live Updates From Supreme Court Hearing On Whether SBI Should Disclose Bond Numbers
9 months, 1 week ago

Electoral Bonds Case : Live Updates From Supreme Court Hearing On Whether SBI Should Disclose Bond Numbers

Live Law  

A Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court will hear the Electoral Bonds Case today at 10.30 AM.The bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justices Sanjiv Khanna, BR Gavai, JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra will decide whether the State Bank of India should be directed to disclose the unique numbers of the Electoral Bonds. A Constitution Bench of the …

Bonded favours: The Hindu Editorial on the electoral bond scheme, sordid revelations
9 months, 1 week ago

Bonded favours: The Hindu Editorial on the electoral bond scheme, sordid revelations

The Hindu  

Sordid revelations that keep pouring from the disclosure of details about the purchasers and recipients of electoral bonds confirm the early apprehension of sceptics that the anonymous political funding scheme will have undesirable consequences. Ranging from likely quid pro quo deals to flagrant proximity between companies being investigated by central agencies and the purchase of electoral bonds worth hundreds of …

Jairam Ramesh takes ‘black money’ dig at BJP over electoral bonds data
9 months, 1 week ago

Jairam Ramesh takes ‘black money’ dig at BJP over electoral bonds data

Hindustan Times  

Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh on Sunday hit out at the central government over the electoral bonds and alleged that they have “conspired” to “route black money” into BJP's accounts through the scheme. According to the Congress leader, the electoral bonds scheme was the “biggest extortion racket” run by the ruling government. Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh Ramesh's comments came …

Election Commission always in favour of transparency, but must also protect donor privacy: CEC on electoral bonds scheme
9 months, 1 week ago

Election Commission always in favour of transparency, but must also protect donor privacy: CEC on electoral bonds scheme

The Hindu  

Amid the storm over the scrapping of the electoral bonds scheme and its donor data being made public, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar said that the Election Commission of India has always been in favour of transparency, but added that there was a need to ensure that the donors’ privacy is protected. “As far as electoral bonds are concerned, the …

‘Answer maadi Modi’: Karnataka CM targets PM on Electoral Bonds during latter's poll campaign in Kalaburagi
9 months, 1 week ago

‘Answer maadi Modi’: Karnataka CM targets PM on Electoral Bonds during latter's poll campaign in Kalaburagi

Hindustan Times  

As Prime Minister Narendra Modi is kickstarting his general election campaign from Karnataka’s Kalaburagi on Saturday, CM Siddaramaiah attacked the former and asked him why his party is silent about the ‘electoral bond scam.’ ‘Answer maadi Modi’: Karnataka CM targets PM on Electoral Bonds during his visit In a series of X posts, Siddaramaiah said, “For a decade, you held …

Amit Shah reacts to Supreme Court's electoral bonds verdict: ‘Fully respect order but…’
9 months, 1 week ago

Amit Shah reacts to Supreme Court's electoral bonds verdict: ‘Fully respect order but…’

Hindustan Times  

Union home minister Amit Shah on Friday reacted to the Supreme Court's verdict on electoral bonds, saying that the scheme was an initiative to end the domination of black money in Indian politics. In a landmark verdict delivered on February 15, a five-judge Constitution bench scrapped the Centre's electoral bonds scheme that allowed anonymous political funding, calling it "unconstitutional". Out …

Rahul Gandhi calls electoral bonds an extortion racket by PM Modi
9 months, 1 week ago

Rahul Gandhi calls electoral bonds an extortion racket by PM Modi

Hindustan Times  

Electoral bonds are a means to extort money from corporate behemoths using pressure by the Central Bureau of Investigation, Enforcement Directorate, and income tax department, said senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday, in a fierce attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi. It is a way of intimidating corporates and forcing them to give money to the BJP against allotment …

Electoral bonds scheme was world’s biggest extortion racket run by PM Modi: Rahul Gandhi
9 months, 1 week ago

Electoral bonds scheme was world’s biggest extortion racket run by PM Modi: Rahul Gandhi

The Hindu  

In a blistering attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the electoral bonds scheme, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday accused Mr. Modi of “running the world’s largest extortion racket”. Electoral bonds | Congress demands SC-monitored probe into donations to BJP by companies raided by I-T department and ED Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge demanded a Supreme Court-monitored inquiry, while the …

Electoral Bonds: Supreme Court Takes Exception to SBI 'Not Disclosing Unique Number'
9 months, 1 week ago

Electoral Bonds: Supreme Court Takes Exception to SBI 'Not Disclosing Unique Number'

News 18  

The Supreme Court on Friday took exception to State Bank of India not disclosing unique number of electoral bonds. In a landmark verdict delivered on February 15, a five-judge Constitution bench had scrapped the Centre’s electoral bonds scheme that allowed anonymous political funding, calling it “unconstitutional” and ordered disclosure by the EC of donors, the amount donated by them and …

Electoral bonds world's biggest extortion racket, says Rahul Gandhi
9 months, 1 week ago

Electoral bonds world's biggest extortion racket, says Rahul Gandhi

India TV News  

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday slammed the government over the issue of electoral bonds saying the concept is the biggest extortion racket in the world. Speaking on electoral bonds and the contracts given by Congress or other opposition party-governed states, Rahul Gandhi said, "The question here is that months after a contract was given, the …

Election Commission urges Supreme Court to modify electoral bonds order | DETAILS
9 months, 1 week ago

Election Commission urges Supreme Court to modify electoral bonds order | DETAILS

India TV News  

The Supreme Court is set to hear an application filed by the Election Commission, seeking adjustments to the operational section of its March 11 ruling in the electoral bonds case. SC's direction to SBI on electoral bonds In the electoral bonds case, the apex court had on March 11 directed the State Bank of India to disclose the details of …

BJP misused central agencies to garner Rs 400 crore through electoral bonds: Congress
9 months, 1 week ago

BJP misused central agencies to garner Rs 400 crore through electoral bonds: Congress

New Indian Express  

"According to reports, 4 shell companies also funded BJP. Dictatorial Modi Government has frozen Congress party's bank accounts, while it extracts money by using Central agencies," he also alleged. The Congress chief claimed that the BJP used "unconstitutional and illegal electoral bonds to pad its "loot chest", and has also "manipulated" Electoral Trusts to "increase its donation loot" by 10 …

Electoral bonds case: 5 things SBI said in its compliance affidavit to Supreme Court
9 months, 1 week ago

Electoral bonds case: 5 things SBI said in its compliance affidavit to Supreme Court

Hindustan Times  

The State Bank of India on Tuesday had shared all details of electoral bonds with the Election Commission, which is set to publish them anytime before March 15, i.e Friday. On Wednesday, India's biggest public lender submitted a compliance affidavit before the apex court, sharing details of the bonds purchased and redeemed between April 1, 2019 and February 15 this …

Electoral Bonds Case: SBI files compliance affidavit in SC after sending electoral bonds details to EC
9 months, 1 week ago

Electoral Bonds Case: SBI files compliance affidavit in SC after sending electoral bonds details to EC

The Hindu  

The State Bank of India on March 13 informed the Supreme Court that details of electoral bonds anonymously purchased by contributors and encashed by political parties between April 2019 and February 15, 2024 were hand-delivered to the Election Commission of India in order to facilitate public disclosure of political funding. The SBI said a total of 22,217 electoral bonds were …

Follow SC for reforms in electoral funding
9 months, 1 week ago

Follow SC for reforms in electoral funding

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court did well to reject the plea of the State Bank of India for an extension on the disclosure of details about electoral bonds and direct the State-owned bank to furnish these before the Election Commission of India by the end of business hours on Tuesday, March 12. On February 15, the SC scrapped the electoral bonds scheme …

SBI Furnishes Electoral Bonds Details To ECI After Supreme Court Rebuke
9 months, 1 week ago

SBI Furnishes Electoral Bonds Details To ECI After Supreme Court Rebuke

Live Law  

In a significant development following the Supreme Court's rebuke, the State Bank of India has furnished electoral bonds details to the Election Commission of India in compliance with the court's directives. 880 of 2017), data on electoral bonds has been supplied by State Bank of India to Election Commission of India, today, March 12, 2024." This announcement comes on the …

SBI sends electoral bonds details to Election Commission
9 months, 1 week ago

SBI sends electoral bonds details to Election Commission

The Hindu  

A day after the Supreme Court directive, the State Bank of India on March 12 submitted to the Election Commission of India the details of electoral bonds purchased and encashed since April 12, 2019. “In compliance of the Hon’ble Supreme Court’s directions to the SBI, contained in its order dated Feb 15 and March 11, 2024, data on electoral bonds …

Names and bonds: The Hindu Editorial on electoral bonds scheme, the Supreme Court, and the State Bank of India
9 months, 1 week ago

Names and bonds: The Hindu Editorial on electoral bonds scheme, the Supreme Court, and the State Bank of India

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court’s refusal to grant any further time to the State Bank of India to furnish details of those who purchased and parties that encashed electoral bonds since April 2019 has foiled an ill-advised attempt to seek postponement of the disclosure until after the general election. The upshot of the bank’s application for time until June 30 is that …

Electoral bonds case: Supreme Court gives SBI 1 day to furnish data
9 months, 1 week ago

Electoral bonds case: Supreme Court gives SBI 1 day to furnish data

Hindustan Times  

A five-judge Supreme Court bench on Monday dismissed an application by State Bank of India seeking time till June 30 to submit details of electoral bonds purchased since April 12, 2019, to the Election Commission of India, noting that the required information was “readily available” with the state-owned bank, and giving it time until the business hours of March 12 …

‘SBI on notice’: What Supreme Court said in electoral bonds ruling | Top quotes
9 months, 1 week ago

‘SBI on notice’: What Supreme Court said in electoral bonds ruling | Top quotes

Hindustan Times  

In a big setback for the State Bank of India, the Supreme Court dismissed its plea seeking an extension of deadline to disclose the electoral bonds' details. The five-judge Constitution bench, headed by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and comprising justices Sanjiv Khanna, BR Gavai, JB Pardiwala, and Manoj Misra, instructed the SBI to provide details by March 12. …

Electoral bonds: Supreme Court rejects SBI's plea, orders it to furnish details tomorrow
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Electoral bonds: Supreme Court rejects SBI's plea, orders it to furnish details tomorrow

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday rejected the State Bank of India's plea seeking more time to furnish the details of electoral bonds to the Election Commission and ordered the country's biggest bank to submit the same by the business hours of March 12, Tuesday. In a landmark verdict delivered on February 15, a five-judge Constitution bench scrapped the …

Electoral bonds: Supreme Court rejects SBI's plea, orders it to furnish details tomorrow
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Electoral bonds: Supreme Court rejects SBI's plea, orders it to furnish details tomorrow

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday rejected the State Bank of India's plea seeking more time to furnish the details of electoral bonds to the Election Commission and ordered the country's biggest bank to submit the same by the business hours of March 12, Tuesday. In a landmark verdict delivered on February 15, a five-judge Constitution bench scrapped the …

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