The Supreme Court on Wednesday expressed displeasure over the government's reluctance in coming forward with full information on the black money stashed by Indians in foreign banks, saying it as a theft of national wealth and amounted to 'plunder' of the nation.
The Supreme Court has cautioned that it is unsafe to convict a person on the basis of a dying declaration alone, where suspicion is raised as regards the veracity of the deceased's statement.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday sought to know the Centre's stand on a plea for direction to it to take steps for release and repatriation of Indian death row convict Sarabjit Singh languishing in a Pakistani jail for the last 21 years for his alleged role in a terror act there.
A bench headed by Justice B Sudershan Reddy said the issue is not related to one case but is much wider and asked the government to consider setting up an SIT comprising officers from different departments including the Enforcement Directorate, the CBI and the IT to look into it.
The Supreme Court slammed the Central Bureau of Investigation for dilly-dallying on the issue of prosecuting UP Chief Minister Mayawati in the disproportionate assets case.
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