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35. The Constitution Bench in Subramanian Swamy V. CBI[23], while striking down Section 6-A of the Delhi Special Police Establishment Act, 1946, observed thus:

"Corruption is an enemy of the nation and tracking down corrupt public servants and punishing such persons is a necessary mandate of the PC Act, 1988. It is difficult to justify the classification which has been made in Section 6-A because the goal of law in the PC Act, 1988 is to meet corruption cases with a very strong hand and all public servants are warned through such a legislative measure that corrupt public servants have to face very serious consequences."