Accused must explain excess wealth, not investigators: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has ruled that once prosecutors show a public servant holds assets disproportionate to known income, the burden shifts to the accused to prove lawful sources, and agencies need not conduct an endless search. A bench of Justices Sanjay Kumar and Sanjeev Sachdeva upheld the conviction of former Kerala official V Gopalakrishnan and ordered him to surrender within two weeks.