Guwahati, March 7 -- The State Bank of India's (SBI) request for additional time to provide details of electoral bonds to the Supreme Court has sparked controversy, especially considering the bank's demonstrably swift response to similar government inquiries in the past.

While SBI claims disclosing donor information is a "laborious task" requiring months, documents accessed by The Reporter's Collective (TRC) reveal the bank readily provided electoral bond data to the government within 48 hours on multiple occasions.

The report by TRC stated that this included details on both physical and electronic bond purchases and redemptions, raising concerns about the current delay.

Further doubts arise from SBI's internal data management practice...