The Centre faced the ire of the Supreme Court for failing to implement its three-year-old directions including setting up of a Special Investigation Team, SIT to probe all cases of black money and disclosing information received from Germany about individuals stashing money in Liechtenstein Bank.

A bench headed by Justice H L Dattu yesterday disapproved the contention of Solicitor General Mohan Parasaran that all the directions in the July 4, 2011 judgement were inter-connected and disclosure of names received from Germany was to be done after the investigation by the SIT.

The bench said, it is totally in contempt of their directions. The apex court was also surprised that it was informed only yesterday that Justice B P Jeevan Reddy, who was appointed to head the 13-member SIT, had expressed his inability to lead the team, through a letter.

The bench asked both the Centre and petitioners to discuss and come out with the name of a former apex court judge who would agree to head the SIT.