However, they have raised only one percent of their 1.7 million rupee target (17,240 GBP).
He said he took out a 20 million rupee ($330,000) loan from a bank for eight years and has paid 1.5 million of it back.
Magic Bus would not disclose the amount raised, saying only that they had amassed enough to help 50,000 children, but charity organizers said during the auction they were close to their 40 million rupee ($813,000) goal.
The Supreme Court's 60.8 million rupee award took into consideration the complex socioeconomic conditions of Dr. Saha, the pain his wife endured, the doctor's loss of income and his copious legal expenses.
JSW Steel, one of India's largest producers of iron ore, is accused of making a 100 million rupee ($2.3 million) donation to an educational trust run by Mr. Yeddyurappa's sons.
Toilets have also been flushed into the austerity debate last week, when India's Planning Commission ran up a 3 million rupee, or $54,100, bill for renovating the toilets at its headquarters, a move viewed by some as lavish and a drain on public funds.
