CVC should independently examine whistle-blowers' complaints: SC


Posted on 13th Feb 2015 11:57 am by mohit kumar

New Delhi, Feb 12 (IANS) The Supreme Court Thursday said that the Central Vigilance Commission was expected to objectively and independently examine the complaints by whistle-blowers against officials and not just act as a post office to forward the complaints to the chief vigilance officer of the department concerned.

"Once they have procedure, they have to follow it" in dealing with the complaints, said a bench of Justice T.S.Thakur, Justice Rohinton Fali Nariman and Justice Prafulla C. Pant pointing out that that CVC can't pass "telegraphic orders".

Saying that the orders passed by the CVC on the complaints by the whistle-blowers has to be a speaking order, the court asked: "What measures you adopt in objectively assessing the complaints."

It further observed that the working of the CVC should be more "effective and transparent".

The court's observations came in the course of the hearing of a PIL by NGO Parivartan seeking protection of the identity of the whistle-blowers including from harassment and discrimination at the hands of those whose acts of misdemeanour they seeks to expose.

"They should come forward if they have problem in manpower and financial resources", the court said as counsel Prashant Bhushan told the court that CVC had just 300 staffers right from the top man to the man at the bottom and suffered both in terms of manpower and financial resources.

Bhushan told the court that given the huge magnitude of the problem, they don't have resources which was effecting their work.

"The Whistle Blowers Protection Act, 2011 has created an agency which will suffer from twin problem of manpower shortage and financial crunch," he said.

"And justice becomes a casualty," remarked the court as Bhushan said: "It is like courts which don't have adequate funds resulting lack of judges and judicial infrastructure."

"You can kill a body by starving it of funds," he added.

Taking note of the submissions by Bhushan and apparent deficiencies in the working of the act, the court asked him to submit his suggestion to improve its enforcement, as well as to find out if there were similar laws in other countries and their working.

Bhushan will also give suggestions on make effective the supervision of the Central Bureau of Investigation by the CVC. The court gave Bhushan four weeks file his suggestions and three weeks to the central government to respond to them.

Did you know?Explore Trending and Topic pages for more stories like this.
0 Like 0 Dislike
Previous news Next news
Other news

No decision on Good Governance Day yet: Goa

Panaji, March 25 (IANS) Defying Prime Minister Narendra Modi's plan and BJP's controversial dik

Economy: China raised the world's concern by reducing the interest rate, but for the time being the dollar benefits

At present, the US currency dollar is getting the direct benefit of the increasing economic diffi

RRR Review: Rajamouli went one step ahead of 'Bahubali', read the review of Jr NTR and Ram Charan's 'RRR'

Movie: RRR

Cast: Jr NTR, Ram Charan, Alia Bhatt, and Ajay Devgn

Direction: SS Raj

Kartik Aaryan: Will Bhushan Kumar contact Mukesh Bhatt to get the title of 'Aashiqui 3'? Know about Kartik Aaryan's initiative.

Kartik Aaryan's horror comedy film 'Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3' has waved the flag of success at the box o

OPPO K14 Lite Launched: 7,000mAh Battery, 120Hz Display and ₹16,999 Price — Check Full Details

OPPO K14 Lite has officially launched in India, expanding the company's K-series smartphone lineu

PM Modi's Unique Style in Gangtok: Plays Football with Youth; Shares Photos

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has arrived in Sikkim for a two-day visit. During this visit, he wil

Corona uncontrollable again in Brazil, death toll rises sharply, more than 82 thousand new cases are being received every day

Sao Paulo, Agencies. The death toll in Brazil in the Corona epidemic is frightening. In the last

Monkeypox: Two suspected patients with monkeypox found in Ghaziabad, and one admitted to Delhi's LNJP

Two suspected patients of monkeypox have been found in Ghaziabad. The sample of one has been sent

Ashwin: 'Dhoni is great, but Rohit is no less', Ashwin praised the Indian captain on the matter of a family emergency.

Ravichandran Ashwin played an important role in the Test series win against England. After the la

WB SSC Scam: NBU Vice Chancellor arrested in SSC recruitment scam, sent to judicial custody

WB SSC Scam: North Bengal University vice-chancellor Subir Bhattacharya, who was arrested by the

Sign up to write
Sign up now if you have flare of writing..
Login   |   Register
Follow Us
Indyaspeak @ Facebook Indyaspeak @ Twitter Indyaspeak @ Pinterest RSS



Play Free Quiz and Win Cash