Electoral bonds case Live Updates: Supreme Court hearing on SBI unique number disclosure today4Photo© hindustantimes.com

Electoral bonds case Live Updates: Supreme Court hearing on SBI unique number disclosure today

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A five-judge Constitution bench of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and Justices Sanjiv Khanna, BR Gavai, JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra asked SBI’s Chairman to file a compliance affidavit 5 pm of March 21.

“There is no doubt that SBI was required to disclose all details available with it. This, we clarify, will include the alphanumeric number and serial number, if any, of the bonds purchased,” the bench ordered.

Unique Alpha-Numeric Numbers are used to match each donation to the political party that received it, according to the Indian Express report. It states a unique alphanumeric code is printed on each electoral bond issued by the State Bank of India and it is only visible in a specific light.