Supreme Court of India Orders NDA Govt to submit Black-Money A/C Holders List by Wednesday Oct 29,2014

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.

After going through affidavits submitted by the government, the bench apparently was of the view that it was not sincere about revealing the names. 

“We can't leave the issue of bringing back black money to the government. It will never happen during our time,” Dattu remarked. 

With its order to reveal all the names in a sealed cover for its perusal, the apex court sent out a strong message that it will not brook any pick-and-choose policy in disclosing the names or nominated persons for prosecution while letting the real culprits and bigwigs off the hook.