PROTECTING THE HONEST v. PROSECUTING THE CORRUPT: SUPREME COURT WEIGHS IN
The Constitutional validity of the Section 17A of the Prevention of Corruption Act has been left pending by the Supreme Court, which asks that investigation on public servants must first be sanctioned by the government. The petition filed by the Centre of Public Interest Litigation heads contends that the clause is used to protect the corrupt. It is justified by the government because it acts as a protection to clean-handed administrators securing fearless governance. The ruling made by the court will play a critical role in determining the effort of anti-corruption versus the administrative protection.
