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Corruption and Maladministration — Legal Precedents
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Legal Precedents
Vineet Narain v. Union of India
1998This landmark judgment arose from the Jain Hawala case, where allegations of corruption against high-ranking politicians and bureaucrats were not being adequately investigated.…
2G Spectrum Allocation Scam
2012The Supreme Court, in this case, cancelled 122 2G telecom licenses allocated by the government in 2008, ruling that the 'first-come-first-serve' policy was arbitrary and…
Coal Allocation Scam
2014Following the 2G scam, the Supreme Court addressed irregularities in the allocation of coal blocks. It cancelled 214 out of 218 coal block allocations made between 1993 and 2010,…