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October 2015

CWG Seam 2010 – Criminal Justice System in India – 03-09-2015.

By Tarun Kumar G. Singhal
Raman Jokhakar Chartered Accountants
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Five years after the scandal-ridden 19th Commonwealth Games were staged, a court in Delhi has convicted five people.

The convictions—for causing a loss of Rs.1.42 crore to the government—are the first related to alleged financial improprieties amounting to several hundred crores of rupees in the conduct of the 2010 Games.

What is disturbing is the long time it has taken for the first convictions in a scandal that shamed India.

This is not the end of the journey through the justice system for the convicts: an appeals process that can take many more years will ensure that the last word on the case won’t be heard anytime soon.

India cannot overturn its legal traditions and laws and resort to Chinese-style corruption trials. But this is a moment for our lawmakers and the judiciary to introspect—without greatly simplifying the procedural aspects of criminal law, the system will remain geared to the advantage of wrongdoers.

(Source: Quick Edit in Mint dated 03-09-2015.)

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