IN an interesting development in the much-talked about black money PIL, the Supreme Court Bench of Justice B Sudarshan Reddy and Justice S S Nijjar today asked the Union Government about the lack of willingness in disclosing the names of persons who have allegedly kept huge black money in the vault of banks in Liechtenstein in Europe.

The Bench asked that 'What is the privilege' in not disclosing the names which has been provided by the German tax authorities. The Court observed that it was not a matter of tax alone. It was much more serious in nature. At this stage, the Solicitor General, Mr Gopal Subramanium, asked for some time so that he could take instructions from the Government. The Apex Court has fixed coming Wednesday as the next date for hearing.