On Monday, a plea was filed in the Apex Court seeking directions to the Centre, States & Union Territories to establish special anti-corruption Courts in every District to decide cases relating to black money, benami property, disproportionate assets etc, within a year.
The petition sought directions for all HC's to take appropriate steps to decide the cases relating to offences like money laundering, tax evasion, corruption, black money within a year.
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The petition, filed by Lawyer Ashwini Upadhyay, said that he has filed the petition in view of the corruption watchdog 'Transparency International' placing India at 80th position in the Corruption Perception Index earlier this year.
It said that due to long pendency & weak anti-corruption laws, India ranked 80 in Corruption Perception Index & it confirms poor performance on many fronts like the absence of corruption, fundamental rights, open government, public order & security, regulatory enforcement & civil & criminal justice system.
"Direct Centre, States & Union Territories to establish special anti-corruption courts in every district to decide the cases relating to black money, benami property, disproportionate assets, bribery, money laundering, tax evasion, profiteering, hoarding, adulteration, black marketing, human & drug trafficking, cheating, fraud, forgery, dishonest misappropriation of property, corporate fraud, forensic fraud, foreign exchange & other economic offences within one year," the plea sought.
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It said due to long pendency & ineffective anti-corruption laws, no district is free from land mafias, drug-liquor mafias, mining mafias, medicine-hospital mafias, transfer-posting mafias, betting mafias, tender mafias, hawala mafias, school & coaching mafias, illegal immigration mafias, conversion mafias, superstition-black magic mafias & white-collar political mafias, who divide society & country on the basis of religion, race,caste, sex & place of birth.
The petition said that "Corruption has devastating effects on right to life liberty dignity, badly affects social economic justice, fraternity, dignity of individual, unity & national integration, thus offends fundamental rights guaranteed under Articles 14 & 21".
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