Electoral Bond Case: Here's what the SC told SBI about unique number

The Supreme Court on March 15 issued notice to the State Bank of India (SBI) for not furnishing the Electoral Bond data with ‘unique numbers’. The top court has asked the public sector bank to come up with a response on Monday, March 18.

A five-judge bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) and Justices Sanjiv Khanna, BR Gavai, JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra said that the SBI has not fully complied with the Court’s order of March 11 in which it had ordered the bank to disclose all details concerning electoral bonds, according to

"Who is appearing for the State Bank of India? They have not disclosed the bond numbers. It has to be disclosed by the State Bank of India," CJI Chandrachud said, according to a report by

The top court was hearing a plea on SBI for not sharing the unique alphanumeric code printed on each electoral bond, which helps match donors with political parties.

“The judgment of the constitution bench clarified that all details of electoral bonds will be made available including date of purchase, name of purchaser, the denomination. It is been submitted that SBI has not disclosed the electoral bond numbers (alpha numeric numbers). Notice be issued to SBI. We direct registry to issue notice to SBI returnable on Monday," the Court said.

The (ECI), on March 14, uploaded the data of the now-scrapped electoral bonds for making political donations on its website as per the orders of the Supreme Court (SC). In compliance with the SC order, the SBI handed over the electoral bonds data to the election body earlier this week.

The was filed by the election watchdog Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR). The EC had then moved a plea in the SC requesting that the electoral bonds’ documents be submitted in sealed