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March 2011

SC blames own verdicts for declining standards

By Raman Jokhakar
Tarunkumar G. Singhal
Chartered Accountants
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The existentialist dilemma before Indian democracy is stark :
it cannot co-exist with financial honesty. It does not matter if you are
personally incorruptible; you have to be institutionally corrupt in order to
engage in the business of democracy. The moral code of elections is
uncomplicated : Don’t ask. Don’t tell. And for God’s sake don’t get caught.


— M. J. Akbar
in India Today, dated 10-1-2011

56 SC blames own verdicts for declining standards

The Supreme Court reprimanded governments for abuse of
discretionary land allotment powers before turning reflective and admitting that
some of its judgments have contributed to the all-round falling standards.

The Bench’s remarks came during the hearing of a petition,
which accused the Madhya Pradesh Government of allotting 20 acres of prime land
at a throwaway price to the Kushabhau Thakre Trust, which has BJP leaders L. K.
Advani and Venkaiah Naidu as trustees. Before reserving verdict, the Court said
: “Discretionary power was to be used in public good. In the last 50 years, this
is exercised just for the opposite. The man who abides by law feels he is a
fool. Every state, not only Madhya Pradesh, who has got discretionary power has
abused it.

(Source : The Times of India, dated 19-1-2011)

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