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K. Veeraswami vs Union Of India And Others on 25 July, 1991

The position of Judges of High Courts and Supreme Court, who are constitutional functionaries, is distinct, and the independence of judiciary, keeping it free from any extraneous influence, including that from executive, is the rationale of the decision in K. Veeraswami (supra). In strict terms the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1946 could not be applied to the superior Judges and, therefore, while bringing those Judges within the purview of the Act yet maintaining the independence of judiciary, this guideline was issued as a direction but the Court. The feature of independence of judiciary has no application to the officers covered by the single directive, The need for independence of judiciary from the directive influence does not arise in the case of officers belonging to the executive.
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