During the hearing in the Supreme Court on disclosure of all details related to electoral bonds, Chief Justice Chandrachud said that SBI should not be selective in disclosing the details. We want that all the information related to electoral bonds, which is with SBI, should be made public. During the hearing, the Supreme Court said that we had asked SBI to disclose all the details and this also included the electoral bond numbers. SBI should give complete information related to electoral bonds. The Supreme Court said in a strict tone that whatever information is available should be disclosed. SBI should follow our order.

'We will give every information, will not keep any hidden'
Senior advocate Harish Salve, appearing for SBI, told the Supreme Court that we will give all the information including the number of the electoral bond. The Bank will not keep any information in its possession hidden. During the hearing, the Supreme Court said that SBI will also file an affidavit stating that it has not hidden any information. The court said that SBI should provide all the information by 5 pm on March 21.

Request to consider some instructions on the matter- Tushar Mehta
Meanwhile, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Centre, told the Supreme Court that the ultimate objective was to curb black money and the apex court should know how this judgment is being played outside the court. During this, Tushar Mehta has asked the Supreme Court to consider issuing some instructions in this regard. A series of social media posts have started in this matter.

We work according to the Constitution- Chandrachud
Supreme Court Chief Justice Chandrachud said that we work according to the rule of law and the Constitution. We are also discussed as judges. We are only implementing our instructions of the judgement.

Supreme Court had given instructions
In fact, State Bank of India has issued electoral bonds worth Rs 16,518 crore in 30 installments since the launch of the scheme in 2018. Earlier, the Supreme Court had directed SBI to hand over the information about electoral bonds purchased from April 12, 2019 to the Election Commission. SBI is the authorized financial institution to issue electoral bonds.

SBI had handed over the data
SBI on Tuesday evening submitted to the Election Commission the details of the entities that had purchased electoral bonds and the political parties that had encashed them. According to the apex court order, the Election Commission had to publish the information shared by the bank on its official website by 5 pm on March 15.

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BANGALORE - Former Karnataka Chief Minister Jagdish Shettar, who left the BJP in displeasure, joined the Congress on Monday. On Monday morning, he arrived at the Congress office in Bangalore and addressed a press conference along with Congress National President Mallikarjun Kharge. On this occasion, big leaders of the state including DK Shivakumar were present. Shettar had met Congress leaders Ranajdeep Singh Surjewala and Siddaramaiah on Sunday. Shettar is MLA from Hubli-Dharwad constituency. He was demanding ticket from BJP from this constituency.

People of Karnataka will not forgive - Yeddyurappa - BJP gave a big screen to Jagdish Shettar. He was given the post of chief minister and made the state president. Yeddyurappa said that even after that, it is bad for him to leave the BJP and join the Congress. He also warned that he should be aware that Shettar's identity is due to BJP. He has also warned that the people of Karnataka will not forgive him.

Jagdish Shettar was offered a cabinet post. It was given by Dharmendra Pradhan. BJP had also shown its readiness to give ticket to someone from his family. Yeddyurappa has also said that Shettar did not reply in this regard. Yeddyurappa has asked Shettar why he is joining the Congress.

On Saturday, Shettar had resigned from the primary membership of BJP and from MLA on Sunday. Shettar was upset because he was not getting a ticket from Hubli. On Saturday, Shettar had also challenged the party leaders. He had warned that he should take a decision about his ticket or lose his 20 to 25 seats.

Will contest elections - Shettar

Shettar has said that he is disappointed because he was humiliated in BJP. He has also alleged that a conspiracy has been hatched against him. Shettar said that he will enter the assembly arena to challenge this insult. Shettar, who was upset about not getting a ticket, met JP Nadda. But still they did not get the ticket.

Before Shettar left the party, Yeddyurappa had stated that his departure would be a loss for the party. He had said that if Shettar does not get a ticket, it will affect not one seat but 25 seats.

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