Senior advocate Ram Jethmalani on Tuesday said deliberate attempts are being made to stall the return of black money from abroad, adding that he supported BJP leader Subramanian Swamy's application before a court on the matter.
"I am the saddest person on earth seeing the deliberate attempts to stall the matter. Everything is being done as fraud to this country and this court. I support Subramanian Swamy's application in this matter as he has some very important points to share," he said.
"There was double taxation avoidance treaty by the previous government. It is actually a farce, because, it reveals nothing about the past, only future financial planning is revealed according to this treaty. And, after all, treaties aren't for dacoits and thieves, it is for honest businessmen. I am sad the present government is also following same treaty," he added.
Swamy has in his plea suggested some measures for bringing back the black money.
The Supreme Court had earlier asked the SIT to file a fresh status report by today on the progress made by it on black money probe.
Prior to this, it had asked the SIT to consider suggestions of senior advocate Ram Jethmalani, who had filed a PIL in 2009 on the black money issue, on the way forward to bring the illegal money stashed in banks abroad.
The SIT on black money had been formed by the apex court last year.
