Electoral Bonds Case Hearing Live Updates: SC begins SBI's plea seeking extension to disclose details today
Will SC relax deadline for SBI today? Check out latest updates on the apex court's hearing on electoral bonds here:Harish Salve told SC bech, “I have full details of who purchased the bond. That is in one silo.
I have another set of information of which political party encashed, that is not a problem".Justice Khanna told Salve (representing SBI), “You say all purchaser details are kept in a sealed cover. You just need to open the sealed cover and give the details".CJI Chandrachud told Harish Salve that we only directed SBI a 'plain disclosure'.
“So to seek time saying that a matching exercise is to be done is not warranted, we have not directed you to do that," CJI added.Senior Advocate Harish Salve, appearing for the SBI told Supreme Court, “We need a little more time to comply with your lordships' order. The only problem which we have is, we are trying to reverse the whole process.
The SOP made sure that there was no name of the purchaser in our core banking system and the bond number. We were told that this was supposed to be secret".The SC bench on Monday assembled to hear the matter of SBI on electoral bond documents' declaration.
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