The Supreme Court today declared the appointment of Chief Vigilance Commissioner PJ Thomas ‘non-est in law’; meaning that it nullified the appointment and considered it non-existent. It attached a certain ‘integrity’ to the post of the CVC and declared that the officer must have an unblemished record which was not the case here as there [...]
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Something About the Law notes with great interest the second affidavit filed by advocate Prashant Bhushan ten days back before the Supreme Court. Defending himself against contempt charges launched against him for an interview given to Tehelka, that infamous newspaper that lives up to its name in almost all of its media appearances, in which [...]
Four years from the murder of Shanmughan Manjunath (who was killed in an attempt to expose misgivings in the petroleum lobby in U.P), corruption remains rampant in India. No instance exemplifies this better than the 4,000-crore scam involving Madhukar Koda which has sent shockwaves through the political establishment in the country. Whistleblowers are yet to [...]
With close to 70 lakh crores ( 70,000,00,00,00,000 ) of unaccounted public money stashed by politicians, bureaucrats and the rich in swiss banks and the like abroad, how does one get hold of that money ? The answer probably could be the latest writ petition in the Supreme Court wherein the petitioners have asked the [...]
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