The licence to be corrupt

The country has seen scandals after scandals regarding across the state at various echelons of the county's federal structure...

The issue is just not that but the 'Babus' and 'Mantris' of the country have lost all moral authority and are unnecessarily lodging a verbal spat over another...

The Licence to be corrupt

‘Wholly arbitrary, capricious and contrary to public interest’

This article reproduces excerpts from the concluding paragraphs of the Supreme Court’s verdict cancelling 122 2G licences issued during A. Raja’s term as Minister of Communications and Information Technology.

In matters involving award of contracts or grant of licence or permission to use public property, the invocation of first-come-first-served principle has inherently dangerous implications. The Hindu : Opinion / Op-Ed : ‘Wholly arbitrary, capricious and contrary to public interest’

The duty of the Court to exercise its power in larger public interest and ensure that the institutional integrity is not compromised the State and its agencies/instrumentalities must always adopt a rational method for disposal of public property and no attempt should be made to scuttle the claim of worthy applicants.