It takes away the protection enjoyed by honest civil servants. Gupta is considered one of the country’s most honest civil servants. First, it does not require mens rea to find public servants guilty. Second, the concept of public interest, in violation of which public servants are deemed guilty of corruption, is not defined in the act. By punishing honest civil servants like Gupta, we may be promoting a civil service which shuffles files from one desk to the other with no outcomes.

Source: Indian Express May 23, 2017 19:07 UTC