Conviction of a Corrupt Minister sets an illustrative judicial precedence, when the movement to eradicate corruption at all level is getting more momentum gradually in our country

"It is a matter of common knowledge that it is virtually impossible to get any direct evidence where both i.e bribe giver and the person who takes the bribe, worked in joint concert," Special Judge R.P. Pandey said in his recent 188-page judgment in the matters of well debated Bribe Case against the Former telecom minister Mr. Sukhram in Ex-PM Mr. PV Narasimha Rao's Congress ruled cabinet. and has further observed that " the accused Sukhram also obtained (illegal) gratification other than legal remunerations from Choudhary as a motive or reward for showing the favour to the said firm (HTL)," This corruption case dates back to 1996, when the telecom ministry under Sukhram's stewardship had awarded private firm Haryana Telecom Limited (HTL) a contract worth Rs 30 crore to supply 3.5 Lakh Conductor Kilometers (LCKM) of Polythene Insulated Jelly Filled (PIJF) cables to the telecom department after receiving a bribe of Rs 3 lakh 15 years back. The conviction of of a corrupt Minister sets an illustrative judicial precedence for the present era, when the movement to eradicate corruption at all level is getting more momentum gradually in our country