New Delhi, February 15: NHRC chairman and former Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan today said he has nothing to hide after he asked the Income Tax department not to reveal his IT returns.
Balakrishnan said he wrote to authorities not to disclose his I-T returns because it has his PAN number and bank account number.
These details may be misused, he said, adding, nobody would like to reveal personal details.
Union Law Minister M Veerappa Moily said government had no role on the matter.
Moily however said that no one “should speak very lightly about persons who occupy highest position.”
“This is not desirable. This will shake the confidence of institutions consciously preserved by the constitution,” he told reporters in Bangalore.
–Agencies