Supreme Court appoints SIT to probe black money cases
The Supreme Court has appointed a high-level Special Investigation Team, SIT, headed by former apex court judge B P Jeevan Reddy to monitor the investigation and the steps being taken to bring back black money stashed away in foreign banks.
Besides Justice Reddy, who will be the Chairman of the SIT, the apex court also appointed its former judge, Justice M B Shah as the Vice-Chairman of the panel.
A Bench comprising Justices B Sudershan Reddy and S S Nijjar directed that the High-Level Committee constituted by the government to look into the issue of black money, would "forthwith" be a part of the SIT.
The Bench also directed the government to disclose the names of all the persons who have been issued show cause notices by the authorities in connection with the probe into the black money issue.
The Court, however, made it clear that the authorities would not disclose the names of those who have not been investigated in connection with deposits made in foreign banks including Liechtenstein bank.
The Court passed the order on a petition filed by eminent jurist Ram Jethmalani and others seeking directions to the government to track black money stashed away abroad and bring it back.
The BJP today welcomed the Supreme Court decision to appoint a Special Investigation Team (SIT) headed by a former Supreme Court judge to investigate the black money case. Party spokesman Prakash Javadekar said the action of the Supreme Court showed that even the judiciary felt that nothing much was done by the government to bring back the black money stashed abroad.
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