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The Supreme Court today directed the State Bank of India (SBI) to disclose all details related to electoral bonds, which allowed individuals and companies to make donations to political parties.

A five-judge bench, headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, also directed the SBI to disclose the “serial numbers” of the electoral bonds.

“We want all information related to the electoral bonds to be disclosed which is in your possession,” said CJI Chandrachud while hearing a petition against the “incomplete data” provided by the SBI on the donations made to political parties through electoral bonds.

The court also directed the SBI chairman to file an affidavit by 5 pm on Thursday, stating it has not supressed any details. It has also asked the Election Commission to upload the details given by the SBI on its website.

The court had struck down the scheme and directed the bank to share all details on the donations made in the last five years. The Supreme Court had earlier sent a notice to SBI saying that the data provided on electoral bonds was incomplete.

“The SBI’s attitude seems to be ‘you tell us what to disclose, we will disclose’. That does not seem to be fair. When we say “all details”, it includes all conceivable data,” the CJI said today.

“Every bit of information should come out. All details should come out. We want to ensure that nothing has been suppressed,” CJI Chandrachud added.

Telangana and Puducherry Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan resigned from both posts Monday morning.

Sources told NDTV Ms Soundararajan – the leader of the BJP’s Tamil Nadu unit before her governorship – is expected to contest the 2024 Lok Sabha election from the southern state.

Ms Soundararajan, 62, was sworn in as the then-fledgling state’s second Governor in November 2019, and was given additional charge as Lieutenant-Governor of Puducherry in February 2021.

Sources said she might re-join the BJP and be fielded from any one of three Lok Sabha constituencies in Tamil Nadu, including the Thoothukudi seat currently held by the ruling DMK’s Kanimozhi.

Ms Soundararajan contested 2019 election from this seat but was handily beaten. She also contested the Chennai (North) seat in 2009 and lost that as well; to TKS Elangovan of the DMK.