Supreme Court talks of corruption
September 29th, 2010 - 9:22 pm ICT by IANSNew Delhi, Sep 29 (IANS) The Supreme Court Wednesday said it could not shut its eyes to financial irregularities committed in the Commonwealth Games.
“In this country, payments are made without work being done” and there was rampant corruption, said the apex court bench of Justice G.S. Singhvi and Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly.
Pointing to the collapse of the pedestrian foot overbridge near the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Sep 21, Justice Singhvi said there was rampant corruption.
The court made the observation while hearing a petition that said that construction of the high-rise Palika Kendra and another building close to the Jantar Mantar monument violated archeological guidelines.
The court was told that New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) went ahead with the construction of its 300 feet tall Palika Kendra despite objections by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI).
These two buildings were casting their shadows on the historic Jantar Mantar, built by Maharaja Jai Singh II of Jaipur in 1724.
Pulling up the NDMC, the court said the municipal body was both “mindless and lawless” — and insensitive to history.
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