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UPA must turn Chidambaram's exoneration into an opportunity

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The Congress should seize the opportunity "to clean house, and go into the next Lok Sabha election on a plank of revamped governance and strong anti-corruption measures," says the editor. He adds that if Chidambaram was indicted, the opposition could have gone for the Prime Minister's throat, in effect, leading towards an early election.

-The Times of India, February 6, 2012

‘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.