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SC advice on corruption

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published Published on Aug 3, 2017   modified Modified on Aug 3, 2017
-The Telegraph

New Delhi: The Supreme Court today asked the government to be "unrelenting, stern and uncompromising" against corruption to realise the benefits of liberalisation and welfare measures, and urged the public to "rise against bribery and corruption".

The bench of Justices Kurian Joseph and R. Banumathi also upheld the conviction of former IAS officer Neera Yadav under the Prevention of Corruption Act.

"This is the area where the government needs to be seen taking unrelenting, stern and uncompromising steps. Leaders should think of introducing good and effective leadership at the helm of affairs; only then (the) benefits of liberalisation and various programmes, welfare schemes and programmes would reach the masses," the bench said.

It had words of advice for the public too.

"Lack of awareness and supine attitude of the public have all along been found to be to the advantage of the corrupt. Due to the uncontrolled spread of consumerism and fall in moral values, corruption has taken deep roots in society," the judgment said.

"What is needed is a reawakening and recommitment to the basic values of tradition rooted in ancient and external wisdom. Unless people rise against bribery and corruption, society can never be rid of this disease. The people can collectively put off this evil by resisting corruption by any person, howsoever high he or she may be."

The court said that one of the worst kinds of corruption was nepotism, since it benefited a few at the cost of depriving others.

"A particular kind of corruption that has become more rampant of late is nepotism to promote the interests of those near and dear to them (the perpetrators). Nepotism is in a sense a greater evil since it involves dispersal of favours by patrons amongst their... coterie, depriving others of a career or office they deserve more," the judgment said.

"The practice of promoting the interest of (a) few individuals to the detriment of many others is wholly reprehensible and deserves to be condemned."

The bench upheld the conviction orders passed by a special CBI court in 1998 and Allahabad High Court last year against Yadav, former chairperson and chief executive officer of the New Okhla Industrial Development Authority (Noida).

Yadav had been accused of illegally allotting to herself and her daughters three plots in the Noida industrial area while she headed the body between January 1994 and November 1995.

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The Telegraph, 2 August, 2017, https://www.telegraphindia.com/1170803/jsp/nation/story_165293.jsp


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