Disclose names of foreign bank account holders: Supreme Court
The apex court bench headed by Chief Justice H.L. Dattu told Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi that the government need not do anything and just disclose the names to the court and it will decide whether the matter should be investigated by the income tax authorities or by the CBI.
As Rohatgi sought to impress upon the court that the veracity of the accounts disclosed to it is being investigated by the income tax authorities, Chief Justice Dattu said: "Why do you want to have trouble of investigating. You give it to us. We will direct the CBI or the income tax authorities to undertake investigation in a month's time."
"First
give
us
the
names,
we
will
get
them
investigated.
Not
just
one,
two
or
three
(names),
give
us
in
a
sealed
cover
what
you
have
got
from
France,
German
and
Swiss
governments."
The
court
asked
the
attorney
general
to
furnish
the
names
in
a
sealed
cover
by
Wednesday.
IANS