SC slaps Rs 1 lakh fine on Rajasthan government for harassing official
The Supreme Court of India fined the Rajasthan government 1 lakh rupees for the political harassment of a public official. The court criticized the state for using political influence to interfere with legal sanction processes, calling the behavior a blatant display of political dictate.
Why it matters
This ruling highlights the judiciary's role in protecting public servants from political victimization and upholding the rule of law against administrative overreach.
NEW DELHI: Frowning upon "interference" by the joint secretary of the then chief minister of Rajasthan in May 2018 in a matter of granting sanction to prosecute a govt official, Supreme Court has directed the state to pay 1 lakh to the official for harassing him.A bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and K Vinod Chandran said the provision of sanction was meant to safeguard innocent public servants from frivolous harassment."The decision-making process under Section 19 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, cannot resemble the dilemma in Hamlet's Soliloquy: 'to be or not to be', though expressed in a different context.
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