Shweta Tambade
A PIL has been filed in SC seeking establishment of special anti- corruption courts in every district to decide cases related to various economic offences like money laundering and tax evasion within one year.
The PIL was filed by BJP leader and Advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay. The PIL has sought directs to the High Courts to take appropriate steps to decide economic offences related cases.
The petition has made the Ministry of Home Affairs, the Ministry of Law and Justice and various states and Union Territories parties in the case.
PIL filed by Advocate Ashwani Kumar Dubey, argued that due to long pendency an ineffective anti-corruption law, India never ranked among top 50 in the Corruption Perception Index.
The petition also said that the government and state government have also not taken appropriate steps for it. Also, none of the welfare schemes and government departments are free from corruption.
“Due to long pendency and ineffective anti-corruption laws, even after 73 years of independence and 70 years after becoming a socialist secular democratic republic, none of our districts are free from cases of black money, benami property disproportionate assets, bribery, money laundering, tax evasion and similar other economic offences”, the petition said.
India’s anti-corruption laws are very faulty and fruitless, and incapable to control corruption. The Benami Transaction Act, passed in 1998, is gathering dust without action is said.