India, March 8 -- A day after the deadline for the State Bank of India (SBI) to submit details of electoral bonds (EBs) purchased since April 12, 2019, to the Election Commission of India (ECI) ended, the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) approached the Supreme Court on Thursday demanding contempt action against the state-owned bank for defying the court's directive.
ADR, a non-profit organisation which is the lead petitioner in the judgment striking down the Centre's 2018 EB scheme, mentioned the matter before Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud, seeking a hearing on March 11 when SBI's application for an extension till June 30 is likely to be taken up.
Advocate Prashant Bhushan submitted before the CJI that ADR ...