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Prosecuting corrupt officials: court sets deadline for government
Tuesday January 31, 2012 12:02:55 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: The Supreme
Court Tuesday set the government a three-month deadline for
sanctioning public servants under the Prevention of Corruption
Act.
The apex court said this while allowing a petition by Janata Party
president Subramanian Swamy saying Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
was sitting on his application seeking sanction to prosecute
former telecom minister A. Raja for his alleged involvement in the
2G scam.
An apex court bench of Justices G.S. Singhvi and A.K. Ganguly said
the time period would be extended by another month if the
government wanted to take the opinion of the attorney general.
Justice Singhvi said the government was bound by the apex court
verdict in the Vineet Narain case holding that any application
seeking sanction should be decided within three months.
In a separate observation, Justice Ganguly said if the government
fails to decide on such an application, then it would be deemed as
a sanction.
He also asked parliament to consider amending Section 19 of the
Prevention of Corruption Act to provide for a timeframe for
deciding applications seeking sanction for prosecution. He said
the right to go to court is a constitutional right.
The court had reserved its order on Swamy's application on Nov 24,
2010.
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