The Supreme Court of India’s judgement for the top level corrupted officers of Joint Secretaries level and above has come as whiff of fresh air. Corruption thrives where there is no fear of the law, and there is sanction and encouragement from above.
It is perhaps the only country on earth where public servant corruption starts at one’s birth and ends only at death. Here is where one has to grease the palm of the public servant for getting a birth certificate as well as a death certificate.
