Chief Justice's "Broad Shoulders" Reply As Centre Flags Poll Bonds Debate

"Based upon twisted statistics, any kind of posts are made. Would your lordships consider issuing a direction?" Solicitor General Tushar Mehta asked

As the Centre and State Bank of India (SBI) flagged the social media fallout of the Supreme Court's landmark verdict in the electoral bonds case, Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud said the court's "shoulders are broad enough" to tackle such commentary.

A five-judge Constitution bench led by the CJI today asked SBI to disclose all details related to electoral bonds. It was hearing petitions that said the state-run bank had released "incomplete data" on political funding through the now-scrapped scheme.