ED-States tussle: SC moots mechanism to identify vendetta
- January 26, 2024
- Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
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ED-States tussle: SC moots mechanism to identify vendetta
Subject: POLITY
Section: National body
Context:
- The Supreme Court called for a “pan India mechanism” to determine whether political vendetta or vindictiveness is a motive behind the Union government unleashing the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on officials and Ministers in Opposition ruled States, and States then retaliating by arresting the Central agency’s officers.
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- The court observed that, We should explore a fair and transparent mechanism or a body which will look into the interState ramifications, especially when different parties are at the Centre and States, and keep intact the object of punishing the guilty while preventing vindictive arrests. Unless that is evolved.
- The court said that the mechanism should also ensure that the accused in genuine cases filed by the ED do not go scot free by crying “political vendetta”. “Allegations and counter allegations of political vendetta cannot be evolved as a paradise for those who are corrupt.
- There should be some mechanism for screening, with a view to eliminate the apprehension of so-called or actual political vendetta.
Enforcement Directorate (ED)
Administrative control
Functions
Appointment of Director of ED
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