Advani hopeful of SC’s decisive role
BJP parliamentary party chairman L.K. Advani on Monday hoped that the Supreme Court would play a “decisive role” in bringing black money stashed in tax havens abroad. Writing on the issue on his blog, Mr Advani has also raised the corruption issue, including the 2G spectrum allocation scam. He has also mentioned that India is yet to ratify the international convention against corruption.
“Pending before the Supreme Court is a writ petition filed by senior advocate Ram Jethmalani and five other eminent citizens, including Subhash Kashyap and K.P.S. Gill. The petition aims at forcing government to bring back India’s wealth stashed away in tax havens overseas,” Mr Advani has written. “I hope in a matter linked up with this problem of corruption the Supreme Court will once again play a decisive role,” he added.
On the corruption issue, Mr Advani has given credit to the Supreme Court, Parliament and the Comptroller and Auditor General for taking serious note on the issue.
“The JPC has not been set up, but A. Raja (former telecom minister) has been removed, the Maharashtra CM changed and Suresh Kalmadi and his colleagues subjected to CBI raids. The loot has not been recovered yet, but if some action has started, the principal determinant has been the Supreme Court,” Mr Advani said.
He noted that on November 18, 2010, the Supreme Court had gone further while dealing with a petition filed by Subramaniam Swamy that he had written to the Prime Minister in November 2008 seeking permission that telecom minister A. Raja be prosecuted. “His plea was not accepted on the ground that the CBI was investigating the matter. The Chief Justice then asked the PM to file an affidavit in that regard in court,” Mr Advani said.
Mr Advani praised the top court for taking “serious note of the CAG report on the 2G spectrum scam as well as corruption in CWG”.
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