Corruption cause of Concern

    Although India is marching ahead on the path of economic growth very fast & challenging China in plenty of areas, but unfortunately growth is hamper by incidences of corruption and it sends wrong signals to investment community of world as they prefer countries with political stability and least corruption in the system. Its really annoying situation when one had to get clearances or need to get his projects clear from different government departments then lot of time he/she frustrated with the behaviour and response from the concerned officer as work is not done until and unless he not get money (bribe), these are the words of Supreme courts two judge bench justice T.S. Thakur and justice Markandey Kataju. The stories keep on becoming headlines of corruption by government officers but its most irritating when one faces tax departments like –

• Sales Tax
• Income Tax
• Excise Tax

problem with these tax departments is that public, businessmen and Industrialists often have to face these departments and if they get problem from any tax departments officers then complaints heard with deaf ears by departments senior officers, then no option left for woeful to take help of court. Recently a case goes into Supreme Court in which Income tax inspector Mohan Lal Sharma accused by lower court and ordered for one year jail as punishment was acquitted by High Court. When it comes to Supreme Court then words used by honorable two judge bench were ironical and accepted that almost from every government departments no work can be done without money especially Tax departments. The case story was like this –

• Two judge bench comprises of Justice Markandey Kataju and Justice T.S. Thakur of Supreme Court of India responding to a case file by C.B.I. and express concern that it is unfortunate there is no control on corruption in the country, every Government departments especially Tax departments like Sales, Income and Excise corruption is wide spread and without money nothing is done. Accepting the petition file by C.B.I. in the Supreme Court of India to challenging the verdict given by Punjab and Haryana High Court to acquitted Income Tax inspector Mohan Lal Sharma whom lower court found him guilty of demanding and taking ten thousand rupees from a person and order him of one year jail in its verdict. Bench used very harsh words whose tone was ironic that why does not government leagalise corruption in the country and fix the price of every case so that any person get his work done by paying the fix money, while in same tone adding further “Poor Government Officers” cannot blame for responsible because of inflation.

      Above case shows that even Supreme Court of India accept through their two judges that in every government department corruption is wide spread, but it the pity that our government and law makers are closing their eyes from the demon which is making government departments services’ of earning money through unfair means by grinding common innocent people of the country.