June 26, 2012

Supreme Court Says,"We have to develop a culture of zero tolerance corruption"

The above sentence is recorded by a Bench of Justice Dalveer Bhandari and Justice Deepak Verma in Case of People's Union For Civil Liberties v/s Union of India , 2010 (9) Scale 37 on page 38 in para 9 on 31.8.2010

The Court took notice of :


1) Times of India report which said that Orissa alone 2,50,000 bogus cards while making this observation.

The Court also suggested Union Govt:

2) To discontinue supply of subsidized food to families having income of more than Rs. 2 Lakh per year.
The Court so no justification for giving subsidized food to such people.

Haresh Raichura
26/6/2012