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| The Supreme Court has delivered a verdict that will impact all cases against public officials, bureaucrats and ministers.
Rules dictate that without sanction from a top government authority, a public servant cannot be prosecuted. The Supreme Court said today that the authority in question has three months within which to decide if permission has been granted. Another month can be taken if the government wanted to take the opinion of the attorney general. If there is no response for four months, it can be assumed that proceedings can begin against the government servant in question.
Today's verdict provokes new embarrassment for the government because it agrees that Janata Party President Subramanian Swamy had every right to ask the Prime Minister's Office to sanction the prosecution of former Telecom Minister A Raja for corruption charges in the 2G scam.
Mr Swamy had gone to court against the Prime Minister's Office which refused to respond for many months to his petition. | |
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