By Arushi Garg On May 31, the renowned political scientist Eduardo Graeff was at the Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi to present his paper entitled “A Chronicle of Corruption and Transparency in Brazil.” The …
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Tag: Corruption
Legalizing Bribery
In a paper published on the website of the Finance Ministry in March 2011, the Chief Economic Advisor to the Indian government, Kaushik Basu, proposed that in order to tackle corruption in India, the act …
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Institutional Bypass!
In a week where Indians have been discussing institutional reform, Mariana Mota Prado of the University of Toronto, School of Law, published her paper suggesting Institutional bypasses as a way of development reform. Prof Prado …
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Hazare and the Potential Curing of a Democratic Deficit?
Tarunabh captured some of the reactions to the Anna Hazare campaign in his post here, where he also warned that the problem of corruption is a complex multi-factorial issue, not easily amenable to ready solutions …
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On the ‘movement’ against corruption
Readers may be interested in two excellent pieces analysing the recent ‘awakening’ against corruption in India: Shuddhabrata Sengupta writing in Kafila and Mihir Sharma in the Indian Express (Readers may also be interested in watching …
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Article Alerts
Here are links to some of my recent articles which may be of interest to readers: 1. On the demand for JPC probe into the 2G scam. 2.Uncles on Bench 3.On the proposed amendment to …
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Corruption: Political and Civil Liability
Chavan and Kalmadi have paid the political price for corruption, and Raja may soon follow. Of course, political sanction does not require proof of guilt in a court of law and can therefore be (relatively) …
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Delhi High Court: Dowry vs. Bribery
1. On October 20, 2010 the Delhi High Court in Pooja Saxena v. State held that a family that pays dowry in the fear that their daughter’s marriage will be called off if they do …
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Allahabad High Court hearing on impunity provision
The CBI is about to begin arguments before the Allahabad High Court in the Taj Heritage Corridor case. The agency has to justify its decision not to prosecute Chief Minister Mayawati. It appears to be …
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Satyam: Crisis in Governance
The confession, a couple of days ago, by the Chairman of one of India’s leading software companies, to commission of financial irregularities of unimaginable magnitude is shocking. In his statement, sent to the Satyam board …
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