The Supreme Court on Tuesday Oct 29,2014 ordered it to disclose by Wednesday the names of around 800 holders of accounts abroad.
A
bench led by Chief Justice H.L. Dattu sternly told the government that
it had no right to conduct a probe “and protect people” when the court
had specifically entrusted the task to a Special Investigation Team.
“Why
are you trying to protect people having illegal bank accounts in
foreign countries? Why are you providing a protective umbrella for all
these people? The order to disclose names was passed in open court in
the presence of the Solicitor General and the new regime can't ask for
the modification of the order,” the bench told Attorney General Mukul
Rohatgi while dismissing a plea to modify its order of July 2011 to
disclose all names
“You don’t have to show so
much interest in certain people. Your role is only this. You just hand
over whatever information you have got from foreign countries to us. We
will take care of other things. We will hand over the investigation to
an agency like the CBI or Income Tax Department,” the bench said.
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