The top court also dumped the application for the hearing of the review petitions in the open court.
The petitioners have sought the SIT probe under the supervision of a retired judge of the Supreme Court.
Addressing an election meeting in Jaunpur district, Mayawati said that the BSP is contesting the elections independently, without forming any alliance with the Congress, BJP, or any other parties.
Both the NGOs have said that the alleged scam amounting to crores of rupees through electoral bonds can be unravelled only through an independent probe by the SIT under the supervision of the Supreme Court.
Prashant Bhushan informed that Anjali Bhardwaj, a member of Common Cause, and the Centre for Public Interest Litigation (CPIL) have filed the petition and he is the lawyer on their behalf.
Appearing on behalf of the bank, Senior advocate Harish Salve told the Supreme Court that if the numbers of Electoral Bonds are to be given, SBI will give.
During a press conference in Bengaluru, he lamented that there was no level playing ground for the Congress party when its accounts were frozen on the instructions of the BJP-led government.
Dismissing the plea by the State Bank of India (ABI) for extension of time, a five-judge constitution bench comprising Chief Justice D.Y. Chandrachud, Justice Sanjiv Khanna, Justice S.T.
The plea by the SBI, seeking extension of nearly four months, is listed before a five-judge constitution bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud, Justice Sanjiv Khanna, Justice B R Gavai, Justice J B Pardiwala and Justice Manoj Misra.
The bank said that it needs more time to disclose details of Electoral Bonds encashed by political parties.
